BREAKING: Subpoena Confirms Jayden Scott Created "TrannysforTunney.com"
Flynn-linked operative, working closely with Flynn-linked opponent of Tunney, Chadwick Twillman may find himself in even more criminal and civil legal problems.
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — A subpoena filed in a civil lawsuit has confirmed that Jayden Scott, close friend and campaign aid of Michigan state senate candidate Chadwick Twillman, registered a domain used in an AI deepfake campaign against Republican primary opponent Jason Tunney, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
GoDaddy records obtained through the subpoena show Scott registered TrannysForTunney.com, the domain associated with fabricated videos and content falsely portraying Tunney as gay and aligned with a transgender advocacy group, the source said.
Tunney, a Saginaw attorney running in the 35th Senate District’s Feb. 3 special primary, is not gay and is married to a woman named Pamela.
“The amended complaint speaks for itself,” Tunney said in a statement to Bigger Truth. “I’m grateful for the proactivity of the Michigan State Police in investigating the criminal nature of this matter and look forward to justice being served as the legal process plays out.”
The deepfake videos, which circulated on a now-deleted website and Facebook page in late December, showed Tunney kissing another man and speaking in front of pro-LGBTQ+ messaging. The videos were not labeled as AI-generated, a violation of Michigan law enacted in 2023.
Michigan State Police have confirmed an ongoing investigation into the matter.
Scott, who currently has another warrant out for his arrest relating to another case of alleged reckless driving, initially denied involvement when the videos first surfaced. His close friend, Chadwick Twillman, told the Detroit Free Press at the time that people have the “freedom to do any type of freedom of speech that we want to do.”
Michigan law requires political advertisements using AI-generated images, audio or video to be clearly labeled. Violations can result in civil fines, court orders and potential criminal charges, particularly when deepfakes are intended to deceive voters close to an election.
This is just the latest in a long stream of alleged misdeeds by Scott, usually with Twillman at his side. He helped Flynn-linked chaos operative Jake Lang orchestrate a rally in Dearborn in November, where they screamed “Christ is King” while slapping the Quran with bacon.
Twillman and Scott then traveled to several hot spots with Lang, where Lang did “Sieg Heils” to solute Hitler and yell antisemitic epithets in New York City. For the last several weeks, Scott has been in Minneapolis, where he yelled into a blowhorn at Democrat protesters, “We executed one of you yesterday” the day after Renee Good was killed by an ICE officer as she struck him with her vehicle, causing the officer internal bleeding.
Scott is now the defendant in numerous civil suits, including including some that allege Scott stole from clients in his “Seven Mountain Movers” shelf company/business loans enterprise.
Scott reported to Bay County jail in January for nonpayment of over $10,000 in child support.
Michigan State Police opened a criminal investigation into this AI deepfake matter in early January.
The 35th Senate District seat has been vacant for a year due to Governor Gretchen Whitmer delaying for partisan reasons.
This is an insane world. These people are sick.