Former Trump Campaign Aide Makes Glaring Error In Foreign Agent Filing

A former Trump campaign manager made a glaring error while disclosing his firm’s work with foreign agents to the U.S. government, federal records reveal.

Former Trump 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale inadvertently registered his firm — Clock Tower X — as working on behalf of the state of Israel directly, ultimately correcting the to show an Israeli state-guided media company as his client, filings . The filings provide an unusually clear window into Tel Aviv’s public relations effort in the U.S., with the country scrambling to rebuild its image amid the increasingly unpopular war in Gaza.

A supplemental filing explicitly states that the disclosure was made “in error,” according to the filing. “State of Israel: Registration for this principal was in error. Amendment was filed and there were no receipts under this registration,” the filing says.

Parscale’s firm entered into a $6 million “services agreement” with Havas Media Network — the media arm of Havas, a global communications company that provides media strategy, advertising, data and technology services — in August 2025. (RELATED: Iran War Tanks Americans’ View Of Israel As An Ally)

Payments tied to the contract have continued up to March 31, 2026, where the current ends. It remains unclear if payments are still being made or if the contract is still in effect, as records past that date have not been made public.

“The foreign principal was incorrectly named in the initial registration,” an filed in October states. “The correct name of the foreign principal is State of Israel via Havas Media Germany GmbH.”

Another notes that “there is only one agreement to provide services to the state of Israel through Havas Media Germany GmbH.”

A supplemental May filing casts even more light on Clock Tower’s contract with Havas Media Network, noting the creation of websites, blogs and social media products. The campaign aims to create “content debunking misinformation about the state of Israel,” the filing says.

Clock Tower X received $15 million from Havas Media Network, that same May filing shows, with the firm disbursing roughly $13 million over six months on behalf of the network.

Parscale, the Israeli Embassy and Havas Media Network did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s requests for comment. The DCNF also attempted to reach Clock Tower X through LinkedIn.

The filings were first reported by The Intercept and Responsible Statecraft.

Brad Parscale, campaign manager for Trump's 2020 reelection campaign, speaks on stage with Laura Trump, President Donald Trumps daughter in-law and member of his 2020 reelection campaign, during the Conservative Political Action Conference 2020 (CPAC) hosted by the American Conservative Union on February 28, 2020 in National Harbor, MD. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Brad Parscale, campaign manager for Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, speaks on stage with Lara Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law and member of his 2020 reelection campaign, during the Conservative Political Action Conference 2020 (CPAC) hosted by the American Conservative Union on February 28, 2020, in National Harbor, MD. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Israel Attacks Conservative Commentators

Several websites have been created by Clock Tower X on behalf of the State of Israel, including Paxpoint, Compassion Pulse and FactSignal, among others. Those websites push pro-Israel messaging and provide multiple platforms for Clock Tower X to disseminate its public relations campaign to “combat antisemitism.”

“This material is distributed by Clock Tower X LLC on behalf of the State of Israel,” the websites say at the bottom of their pages.

Israel has used Clock Tower X to attack Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson and other conservative commentators through its shell websites, as “informational materials” filed in the FARA database reveal.

One article, published on a Clock Tower X-affiliated website called Cultravia, claims Carlson repeated “narratives long used by extremist movements and authoritarian regimes to delegitimize the U.S.–Israel relationship,” filings show. The article also goes on to say that Carlson’s statements about Israel manipulating U.S. policy are tied to “a longstanding conspiracy theory suggesting that the Jewish state secretly directs American decision-making.”

However, Secretary of State Marco Rubio openly admitted to reporters on March 2 that an Israeli action was going to “precipitate” an Iranian attack on the U.S. military, according to C-SPAN.

“We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action. We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces,” Rubio said. “If we didn’t preemptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties. This had to happen, no matter what.”

Carlson was a common theme in the articles that Clock Tower X made for Israel.

Another article published on Clock Tower-linked Fact Signal claimed that Carlson and conservative commentator Candace Owens received their talking points from Russia, filings show.

“There is a clear argument that modern Russian leadership has revived and repurposed antisemitic narratives as part of a broader political strategy to try to weaken the U.S.,” the article on Owens and Carlson states. “In the United States, commentators such as Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens have, at times, echoed themes that align with Russian messaging.”

The articles disseminated by Clock Tower X not only attack conservative commentators. They also attempt to influence public opinion on Israel’s actions in Palestine.

Clock Tower X shell website Paxpoint published an article denying the famine in Gaza, filings show. “Updated Gaza Data Shows How Israel Was Unfairly Defamed About a Famine That Never Happened,” the title reads.

The World Health Organization said that more than 500,000 Gazans are trapped in famine, citing an report from Aug. 22, 2025. The IPC also projected that 132,000 children under five would suffer acute malnutrition through June 2026, although current numbers are hard to ascertain.

Clock Tower X’s website, Justorium, claimed that the humanitarian organizations attempting to provide aid to starving Gazan civilians were linked to the terrorist organization Hamas because they had to communicate with “the Hamas-run Ministry of Interior and National Security,” filings show.

‘AI Chatbots In Text Messages’

More than $6 million was directed to a web and text chat platform called SparkFire Technologies to conduct “Direct Engagement” for Havas as part of a broader goal to execute a “nationwide campaign in the United States to combat anti-semitism,” according to the filings.

SparkFire states on its website that it utilizes AI that “persuades people” through text, email and web chats. It’s unclear if the disbursements funded SparkFire’s AI outreach program, with filings listing “Direct Engagement” as the states purpose.

Trump 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale arrives to speak before US President Donald Trump during a Make America Great Again rally at Aaron Bessant Amphitheater May 8, 2019, in Panama City Beach, Florida. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

A similar pro-Israel campaign is utilizing text messages to directly engage Americans with AI chatbots, Responsible Statecraft reported. Text messages resembling the AI-powered pro-Israel outreach described by Responsible Statecraft were also sent to the DCNF.

The messages ostensibly originated from “Friends for Peace.” However, the organization “does not appear to exist,” Responsible Statecraft reported.

“Hi, I’m Jenn. Curious how folks in Florida are seeing the U.S. relationship with Israel. Open to chat? Stop2End,” the first text message sent to the DCNF said.

The following text messages sent from the number to the DCNF pushed Americans to support Israel.

“Americans should support Israel because it’s a democracy that shares our values like freedom and democracy, and its strength protects America’s future and freedom, making it a vital ally for America,” one text message sent to the DCNF read. “A lot of people seem conflicted between supporting allies and concerns about foreign aid. Is your concern mainly about the amount of U.S. aid going to Israel or America being too involved overseas?”

More messages from the number denied any connection to SparkFire Technologies and Clock Tower X, insisting that the messages were only sent on behalf of “Friends for Peace.” SparkFire Technologies did not respond to a request for comment.

However, the messages contained a link to Allyvia, a pro-Israel media website that was created by Clock Tower X. The URL from the text message directly matches a URL from the FARA filing with a stated goal to “Combat Anti-Semitism.”

The “Mobile Terms and Conditions” page on Allyvia says that users agree to receive “automated text messages, alerts, and updates” when they provide a phone number and that Allyvia may collect the user’s “cell phone number, your carrier’s name, and the date, time and content of your messages, as well as other information that you provide.”

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