Russia Today removes satirical video suggesting Hillary Clinton is the 'Illuminati's candidate'

The video was accused of being anti-semitic

Russia Today (RT) has taken down a satirical video suggesting Hillary Clinton was actually a candidate for the Illuminati.

A three-minute video posted by the Kremlin-funded news network entitled “Obvi-Illuminati” suggested the triangular logo used by Groundwork, a technology company hired by Clinton’s presidential campaign, was an Illuminati logo.

Presenter Lori Harfenist, who runs a YouTube channel called The Resident, then claimed Groundwork has a parent company with a Hebrew name.

“Not only do they have an Illuminati logo,” Harfenist joked, “they also have backers who speak Hebrew.”

The video was taken down by RT, who said they made the decision to remove it after it was misinterpreted by some viewers. A version of it was later uploaded onto YouTube by Tablet Magazine, who claimed the video was anti-semitic.

Harfenist denied claims the video was in anyway anti-semitic and told Buzzfeed News she was not an employee of RT, describing herself as an “independent contractor”.

“I’m not a reporter, I’m not a journalist, I’m just someone who makes funny videos and most of them are very stupid, and because RT is so political, this is being taken as something that it’s not,” she said.

“It’s ridiculous to try to make this a nefarious propaganda thing.”

A spokesperson for RT told The Independent: “It was a satirical video, and clearly made in jest – but apparently not clearly enough. We took it down because some people misinterpreted it and we wanted to avoid further confusion."