Vivek Ramaswamy paid to delete Soros connection from Wikipedia page: Report

republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy allegedly paid to have his wikipedia page “scouring” of potentially politically damaging details about his past.

Mediaite is reporting what the page now includes a warning that the article has “multiple issues,” “contains paid contributions,” and “may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia’s content policies, particularly neutral point of view.”

Version history of the Wikipedia article shows that in February, a publisher identified by Mediaite as jhofferman deleted lines about Ramaswamy receiving a Paul & Daisy Soros scholarship for new Americans in 2011.

Given that Paul Soros is the older brother of billionaire George Soros, who funds many progressive causes, Ramaswamy understandably doesn’t want potential voters to see that connection.

Ramaswamy’s page was also edited to remove his role on the Ohio State COVID-19 Response Team, which one editor noted arose at Ramaswamy’s request that his COVID-era work be removed.

Meanwhile, the publisher deemed Ramaswamy’s Soros scholarship “foreign material.”

Ramaswamy announced his presidential candidacy just two weeks after the changes to the Wikipedia page.

Jhofferman’s user page on the website notes that Ramashamy paid him for his work on the page.

Wikipedia editors debated conflict of interest after the modifications are made. Mediaite notes that the reference to Ramaswamy’s scholarship was later added to the page, but his work on the Ohio COVID team is still missing.

HuffPost reached out to Ramaswamy’s campaign for comment, but no one immediately responded.

Ramaswamy, a billionaire biotech entrepreneur and conservative activist, became the second person after donald trump to announce a run for the Republican presidential nomination.

Although he is currently in the polls with 2.6% according to RealClearPolitics.com, he said last month that he hoped “the dynamics of this race It will change dramatically after that first debate.”