Twitter Files 14 has dropped —and it’s explosive.
According to a Fox News report, top Democrats pushed a false Russian bot narrative to help denounce the famous Devin Nunes report about flaws in the Trump-Russia investigation; Schiff, Feinstein, and Blumenthal are all named.
Journalist Matt Taibbi shared the story on Twitter on Thursday.
From Fox News:
The lengthy Twitter thread began with Taibbi noting that “at a crucial moment in a years-long furor, Democrats denounced a report about flaws in the Trump-Russia investigation, saying it was boosted by Russian ‘bots’ and ‘trolls.’”
1.THREAD: Twitter Files #14
THE RUSSIAGATE LIES
One: The Fake Tale of Russian Bots and the #ReleaseTheMemo Hashtag— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 12, 2023
https://t.co/0PUOm212iv a crucial moment in a years-long furor, Democrats denounced a report about flaws in the Trump-Russia investigation, saying it was boosted by Russian “bots” and “trolls.”
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 12, 2023
He then indicated “Twitter officials were aghast, finding no evidence of Russian influence,” and shared an email in which Twitter executives appeared to inform Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., that the social media platform “has not identified any significant activity connected to Russia with respect to Tweets posting original content to this [#ReleaseTheMemo] hashtag.”
3.Twitter officials were aghast, finding no evidence of Russian influence:
“We are feeding congressional trolls.”
“Not any…significant activity connected to Russia.”
“Putting the cart before the horse assuming this is propaganda/bots.” pic.twitter.com/r8O21QacME— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 12, 2023
Read the full explosive report over at Fox News:
Twitter Files: Top Democrats peddled false Russian bots narrative about Nunes memo, despite Twitter warnings https://t.co/WJokmuhkA4 #FoxNews
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) January 12, 2023