There were two dumps of #TwitterFiles Tuesday evening, and a couple of tweets in the second thread caught some extra attention; those dealt with Rep. Adam Schiff’s office pressuring Twitter to suspend a couple of journalists following “harassment from QAnon conspiracists.” One of those journalists was Paul Sperry, who was eventually suspended by Twitter and welcomed back Tuesday.
BREAKING: Dem Rep. Adam Schiff wanted journalist Paul Sperry’s account suspended over reporting on Trump whistleblower, TwitterFiles revealshttps://t.co/Er4oopJGLr
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) January 4, 2023
The New York Post reports:
The journalist in question was Paul Sperry, a Post columnist who in January 2020 wrote an article for RealClearInvestigations about the purported “whistleblower” behind former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment, for which Schiff served as a House manager.
In the article, Sperry said then-CIA analyst Eric Ciaramella was overheard talking in the White House with Sean Misko, a holdover staffer from former President Barack Obama’s administration.
A former official who reportedly heard the conversation told Sperry, “Just days after [Trump] was sworn in they were already trying to get rid of him.”
Misko later left the White House and joined the Intelligence Committee, which Schiff chaired, Sperry reported.
The email posted by Taibbi shows that Schiff’s office asked Twitter to take five specific steps that an unidentified company employee said were “related to alleged harassment from QAnon conspiracists.”
They included, “Remove any and all content about Mr. Misko and other Committee staff from its service — to include quotes, retweets, and reactions to that content.”
Eric Ciaramella — that’s a name we haven’t heard in a while. Fortunately, cooler heads at Twitter prevailed over the demand to remove “any and all content” about Sean Misko: “We don’t do that.”
Explains why Twitter could never give me a reason for my suspension. It was Schiff!
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) January 4, 2023
Before @ElonMusk, Twitter was just an app for the U.S. Intelligence Community — FBI, DHS, ODNI, CIA, NSA CISA and, now we learn, Schiff's HPSCI as well as SSCI
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) January 4, 2023
Talk about cyberbullying! @AdamSchiff used his power as head of House Intel to muscle Twitter into banning a journalist–muzzling the reporter who outed his impeachment "whistleblower" as an anti-Trump partisan Democrat, exposing Schiff's impeachment proceeding as a political ops
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) January 4, 2023
This is the same Adam Schiff who called Elon Musk a hypocrite for suspending journalists.
You should take him to court. And don't settle. Let the court handle it to the end.
— Tiff Digger (@ES_Leonard) January 4, 2023
Wear it as a badge of honor Paul and welcome back. The discovery process in your lawsuit should be interesting 🤔
— constant pressure (@xb66sg4b9v) January 4, 2023
Nothing gets done about any of this plus they keep getting voted back into office so why is everyone surprised?
— YiorgosDesigns (@YiorgosDesigns) January 4, 2023
If Republicans can ever stop fighting amongst themselves long enough to do anything, they need to have a hearing exposing Schiff and government censorship. And Schiff needs to be removed from all committees for a start.
— RidiculouslySpoiledCat (@spoiled_the) January 4, 2023
Corrupt lying lawbreaker @RepAdamSchiff should be expelled from Congress. Period.
— Henry (@HenryBack2Play) January 4, 2023
Get'em, Paul. pic.twitter.com/yCqiT0gRYt
— Andrews Taint (@Brandon_Go_Lets) January 4, 2023
Has Adam Schiff resigned yet? I assume he will.
— Howard Roark (@PureHowardRoark) January 4, 2023
If he had any shame.
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Related:
Rep. Adam Schiff’s office had some demands for Twitter following ‘harassment from QAnon conspiracists’ https://t.co/xswb7AhpDa
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 4, 2023
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