Preston Moore is an attorney and former TikTok influencer. In 2022, Moore posted a video on TikTok claiming that the Good Information Foundation (GIF) had offered him $400 to make a video attacking former President Donald Trump for his connection to the January 6, 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol by his supporters. Moore turned down the offer. ^{1 2}

Background

In 2012, Preston Moore graduated from the Mount Paran Christian School in Kennesaw, Georgia. In 2017, Moore graduated Magna Cum Laude from Georgetown University with a degree in philosophy. Moore later graduated from Harvard Law School where he was a captain and member of the Harvard Law School Mock Trial Association. He was also selected as one of six students to represent Harvard Law at the National Trial Competition. ³

Moore worked for a law firm in Atlanta where he focused on “complex litigation, white collar investigations, and commercial disputes.” He then moved to Beasley Allen where he worked in the firm’s Personal Injury and Products Liability Section. Moore was part of a team that obtained $7 million from Ford Motor Company due to safety defects in the 2014 Ford Mustang. ³

In 2020, Moore became a devout Christian after having “a radical encounter with Jesus Christ” at Harvard Law School. In his bio on Beasley Allen’s website, it states, “Above everything else, Preston wants a heart that is conformed to the image and likeness of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Preston came to Christ later in his life and honors the role that his wife, father, mother, and grandparents play in daily supporting him following Jesus in a faithful way.” ^{3 4}

At some point, Moore began posting his opinions about legal matters on TikTok. For instance, in May 2022, Moore commented on the trial concerning Johnny Depp’s defamation claims against ex-wife Amber Heard. His video quickly reached over 200,000 views. ⁵ In another video, Moore explained updates on the federal government’s investigation into former President Donald Trump for holding classified documents. ⁶ In another video, Moore argued that “legally speaking, abortion cannot be decided on the basis of bodily autonomy.” ⁷

As of July 2024, all Moore’s videos have been taken off TikTok, though portions of his videos remain on other TikTok user channels. ⁸

Offer to Make Anti-Trump Post

In September 2022, Preston Moore posted a video to his TikTok claiming that a representative of the Good Information Foundation had offered him $400 to make a TikTok post condemning former President Donald Trump for his role in the January 6, 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol by his supporters. In the video, Moore displays what he claimed to be emails from a female GIF employee whom he did not identify and narrated his surprise reaction to the emails as well as his decision to reject the offer. ^{1 2}

The emails included a bullet point list guiding Moore’s potential video. For instance, there are suggestions that Moore use the term “criminal conspiracy” instead of “attempted coup,” “treason,” or “insurrection.” Moore highlighted one item that suggested he “Talk about the many aspects of their plan and the broad involvement of Trump officials, members of Congress, etc,” and gave the example, “The Trump campaign paid literally millions of dollars to make January 6th happen.” Moore sent a response email to the GFI contact asking for a source for the claim that the Trump campaign financed the rioting, but rather than answer, the employee stated that Moore did not have to include all bullet points in his video. ^{1 2}

Preston concluded the video: “I’m not interested and the rate doesn’t work for me. This is the Good Info Foundation. They boast on their home page that good information is the lifeblood of a democracy… They further cry that we are in an information crisis. And you know the crazy thing about all of that? They’re right.” ^{1 2}

GFI (also known as the Good Information Project) is a left-of-center nonprofit organization funded by multiple left-of-center donors and organizations formed in 2021 to combat “disinformation” and promote “fact-based reporting.” It was launched by Tara McGowan, a former staffer for President Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential re-election campaign and the head of ACRONYM. ⁹

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