Twitter warned prominent Democrats there was no evidence to support claims that “Russian bots” were spreading a Republican memo on FBI surveillance abuse in 2018, but ultimately failed to set the public record straight, according to the 14th installment of the “Twitter Files,” released Thursday.
The failure of the website to push back as Democrats used the bot claims to discredit findings by Rep. Devin Nunes of flaws in the Trump-Russia investigation, was “one of the more shameful episodes in the recent history of our media,” according to independent journalist and author Matt Taibbi
The conservative California Republican had submitted the report “detailing abuses by the FBI in obtaining FISA surveillance authority against Trump-connected figures” to the House Intel Committee on Jan. 18, 2018, according to Taibbi.
The classified memo was slammed by prominent Democrats and the mainstream media, said Taibbi, who was tasked by Elon Musk to review company documents surrounding the incident.
Days after its release, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Adam Schiff wrote an open letter claiming the hashtag ReleaseTheMemo was being promoted by “Russian influence operations.”
The claim prompted Sen. Richard Blumenthal to state: “We find it reprehensible that Russian agents have so eagerly manipulated innocent Americans.”
“Feinstein, Schiff, Blumenthal, and media memners all pointed to the same source: the Hamilton 68 dashboard created by former FBI counterintelligence official Clint...
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