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By Guy Page
Videographer Hank “Planet Hank” Poitras confirmed today that he is being investigated by Attorney General Charity Clark under Vermont’s 2026 Synthetic Media law for a satire video he produced earlier this year.
As first reported by Seven Days, Clark has sent him a warning letter about her investigating him for the video. He said that she says he violated the synthetic media act as a “deep fake media act.” Clark alleged that the video deceptively portrayed Balint.
Poitras said the video was clearly satire. He plans to sue the State over the investigation. “They have no case and that’s why I’m suing them,” Poitras told VDC today. “We will not allow them to infringe on my or anyone else’s free speech rights. This is a law to protect incumbent politicians. It makes it so that I cannot criticize a politician.”
Republican candidate for Congress Mark Coester called out the AG’s action. “Communist Becca Balint cried and sicced her dog the UnCharitable Clark on a Marine [Poitras] to attack his First Amendment rights,” he said in an email to VDC this morning.
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Oh dear, someone’s feeling got hurt from some obvious satire. Crocodile tears from me. Go ahead Miss Hurt, and have the AG waste tax payer dollars on this. Balient should pay for all the legal fees. For Hank, I recommend another satire video on this. Bring it on.
Sure thing Charity. What are you going to do about all the anti-Trump and anti- Vance videos?
Come on ! It was so obviously an AI generated image parody that even AG Clark realizes it. So what’s the point Madame AG ? Do you just want to waste taxpayer money ? You at the very least have no respect for the people that actually pay your salary, or you would have told Ms. Balint that politics is a dirty business and she’d better grow a thicker skin !
Come on ! It was so obviously an AI generated image parady that even AG Clark realizes it. So what’s the point Madame AG ? Do you just want to waste taxpayer money ? You at the very have no respect for the people that actually pay your salary, or you would have told Ms. Balint that politics is a dirty business and she’d better grow a thicker skin !
100% consistently on the wrong side of democracy. Charity Clark is a bigger laughing stock every day she opens her idiotic facehole. (OOPSY, will I be investigated now?) A disgrace to Vermont, to attorneys, and to common sense.
The law has a time limit, if I’m not mistaken it only applies if material is released within 90 days of an election. I wonder if the AG can even correctly read laws her own party put on the books?