Jackson Hinkle

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Jackson Hinkle is an American political commentator and a co-founder of the American Communist Party. He hosts the online show Legitimate Targets and posts about U.S. politics and foreign policy, including Russia, Israel and the Middle East, to millions of followers on X.

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Jackson Hinkle

Role at the time: Political commentator and co-founder of the American Communist Party, on his X account

Mixed or conditional

Response to this claim

Kyle Seraphin said on his podcast on August 22, 2025 that FBI Director Kash Patel "has had his own little 'honeypot' issue" and that Patel's girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, is "a former Mossad agent in what is like the equivalent of their NSA," according to the transcript quoted in Wilkins's complaint and in the court's order denying his motion to dismiss.

โ€œ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Kash Patel would silence everyone about the MOSSAD HONEYPOT allegations if he RELEASED THE EPSTEIN FILES!โ€
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Jackson Hinkle on X, November 11, 2025: post on the "MOSSAD HONEYPOT allegations" ยท Jackson HinkleSingle post, 7:51 AM EST
Why we used this label

The reference point is the proposition that Alexis Wilkins is, or was, a foreign intelligence agent, specifically an Israeli or Mossad "honeypot" in a relationship with Kash Patel to compromise him. Hinkle sets the phrase "MOSSAD HONEYPOT" beside U.S. and Israeli flag emoji and photos of Patel and Wilkins, which points the allegation at her without stating it as fact. Because the post's meaning depends on that juxtaposition, we used Mixed or conditional. The closest competing label is Condemned. It loses because the post calls them "allegations" and asserts nothing about Wilkins in its own words. Evidence level: his own post on X.

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