新Twitterファイルの爆弾発言で「ロシアゲートの嘘」に議会が影響を与えたことが明らかに。

The “Russian bot” claim was always a lie.

Twitter knew it. Democrat politicians knew it. But they pushed it anyways.

Enemies of the people. All of them.https://t.co/sXn9KJXS9a

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 12, 2023

"If you give a mouse a cookie" -- @ElonMusk @Twitter files highlight ever-increasing and dishonest Democratic demands to suppress questions about their abuse of Trump. #RussiaGate https://t.co/MFVdPjR8Kr

— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) January 12, 2023

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

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

14.“I encourage you to be skeptical of Hamilton 68’s take on this, which as far as I can tell is the only source for these stories,” said Global Policy Communications Chief (and future WH and NSC spokesperson) Emily Horne.

She added: “It’s a comms play for ASD.” pic.twitter.com/PZRZC51K7f

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 12, 2023

27.Ultimately senior executives talked about “feeding congressional trolls” and compared their situation to the children’s book, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.” pic.twitter.com/xk6reot1lf

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 12, 2023

https://t.co/eOqNK7yE15 the story, if you give a mouse a cookie, he’ll want a glass of milk, which will lead to a wave of other exhausting requests, at the end of which he’ll want a glass of milk. And one more cookie. pic.twitter.com/ySlFfzGt1y

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 12, 2023

20.When Twitter spoke to a Blumenthal staffer, they tried to “wave him off” because “we don’t believe these are bots.” pic.twitter.com/0VGdFRkkOi

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 12, 2023

21.Added another: “It might be worth nudging Blumenthal’s staffer that it could be in his boss’ best interest not to go out there because it could come back to make him look silly.” pic.twitter.com/tP6VZF0PPC

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 12, 2023

29.The metaphor for the endless Russia requests was so perfect, one exec wrote, “I’m legit embarrassed I didn’t think of that first.” pic.twitter.com/MbI6XrnS18

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 12, 2023

30.Despite universal internal conviction that there were no Russians in the story, Twitter went on to follow a slavish pattern of not challenging Russia claims on the record.

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 12, 2023

31.Outside counsel from DC-connected firms like Debevoise and Plimpton advised Twitter to use language like, “With respect to particular hashtags, we take seriously any activity that may represent an abuse of our platform.” pic.twitter.com/DW5nO9Syh5

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 12, 2023

https://t.co/OlWGsft3ut a result, reporters from the AP to Politico to NBC to Rolling Stone continued to hammer the “Russian bots” theme, despite a total lack of evidence. pic.twitter.com/4oPFHjJ4Rh

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 12, 2023