As Twitchy has reported, there have been two dumps of Twitter files from Matt Taibbi Tuesday evening, both showing the intelligence community (and just about every other agency) pressuring Twitter to root out Russian disinformation accounts. Senator Mark Warner of Virginia held an immediate press conference after the release of Twitter’s report on Russian-connected accounts to denounce it as “frankly inadequate on every level.” And that’s how it went: if Twitter didn’t deliver the results legislators wanted, they’d run to the cameras and denounce Twitter for not doing enough.
In the second batch of Twitter files, Rep. Adam Schiff’s office makes an appearance. But before getting to that, here’s a flashback tweet to December:
Elon Musk calls himself a free speech absolutist, to justify turning a blind eye to hatred and bigotry on Twitter.
But when journalists report unfavorable news, they are banned without warning.
The devotion to free speech is apparently not that absolute. But the hypocrisy is.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) December 16, 2022
Schiff’s hypocrisy is absolute, seeing how he specifically asked for journalist Paul Sperry to be suspended.
One email in Taibbi’s second thread shows Schiff’s office making some demands on Twitter after the alleged harassment of a staffer by QAnon conspiracists: Remove any and all content; Suspend the many accounts promoting false QAnon theories; Suppress any and all search results; Label and reduce the visibility of content that Twitter does not remove. “No, we don’t do this” was the reply.
28.“WE DON’T DO THIS” Even Twitter declined to honor Schiff’s request at the time. Sperry was later suspended, however. pic.twitter.com/9PX2Zw5Nzj
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 3, 2023
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Schiff didn't do it right. He needed to ask the FBI to ban Sperry's account. https://t.co/BIUC0cLtol
— Arthur Kimes (@ComradeArthur) January 3, 2023
Adam Schiff just using his 1A rights. https://t.co/9ePZ0ICpf3
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) January 3, 2023
Get @PaulSperry back ASAP
— Choose Freedom 🇺🇸 (@Riskographer2) January 3, 2023
Adam Schiff, the true fascist
— Shep Casey (@shep_casey) January 3, 2023
I love Paul Sperry. One of the best.
— JUSTICE IS COMING …🍊 (@shelleywilde1) January 3, 2023
Ridiculous
— I (@gypsysoul55558) January 3, 2023
This is grounds for impeachment of Schiff and criminal prosecution for conspiring to deprive Paul Sperry of his constitutional rights under color of authority. It's also grounds for Sperry to sue Schiff and his minions.
— John C. Randolph (@NSResponder) January 3, 2023
@AdamSchiff any response?
— MAGA 🍊H3L3N (@AmericaProud17) January 3, 2023
hey @AdamSchiff , remember 2 weeks ago when you said you didn't do things like this?
— Chad Lloyd (@ChadLloyd4) January 3, 2023
I'm beginning to think the only threat to our democracy are the politicians who feel it's OK to ask an agency of online speech to ban citizens solely for engaging in legally protected free speech
— Christopher Wolf (@ChrisWolf1987) January 3, 2023
Doesn't shock me a bit. Give Schiff a stick and he will promptly use it to hit somebody, anybody, and everybody.
— Georg Felis (@georgfelis) January 3, 2023
@AdamSchiff shame on you
— Albert Renshaw (@Valuable) January 3, 2023
Oh I’m sure @jaketapper will be very disturbed by a member of congress trying to silence a journalist. Right?
— Turd Ferguson, Sr. (@TurdFergusonUSA) January 3, 2023
So @AdamSchiff is a fascist. Who could have guessed?!
— Em Tea (@EmTeaVe) January 3, 2023
Adam Schiff needs to be removed from office. Paul Sperry needs to sue Schiff for violating his freedom of speech
— Bruce B @MAGA (@bruceb081467) January 3, 2023
Oh look, there’s actually an overwhelming evidence Adam Shiff is a fraud. @RepAdamSchiff
— Steven VB 🦅🇺🇸🦅 (@vbislands) January 3, 2023
@elonmusk will Twitter offer reciprocal banning?
Can Adam Schiff be banned in exchange for his move to ban Paul Sperry?— John Wick of Politics (@JohnWick4582) January 3, 2023
Hey @RepAdamSchiff, what’s this?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 3, 2023
We didn’t think our opinion of Schiff could be any lower, but the guy manages it every time. Good for Twitter 1.0 for letting him know “we don’t do this.”
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 3, 2023
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