Kellyanne Conway and Donald Trump Jr. pushed messages from an account
operated from Russia’s “troll farm”—including allegations of voter fraud
a week before Election Day.
By Betsy Woodruff, Ben Collins, Kevin Poulsen and Spencer Ackerman
Some of the Trump campaign’s most prominent names and
supporters, including Trump’s campaign manager, digital director and
son, pushed tweets from professional trolls paid by the Russian
government in the heat of the 2016 election campaign.
The
Twitter account @Ten_GOP, which called itself the “Unofficial Twitter
account of Tennessee Republicans,” was operated from the Kremlin-backed
“Russian troll farm,” or Internet Research Agency, a source familiar
with the account confirmed with The Daily Beast.
The account’s origins in the Internet Research Agency were originally reported by the independent Russian news outlet RBC.
@Ten_GOP was created on November 19, 2015, and accumulated over 100
thousand followers before Twitter shut it down. The Daily Beast
independently confirmed the reasons for @Ten_GOP's account termination.
The
discovery of the now-unavailable tweets presents the first evidence
that several members of the Trump campaign pushed covert Russian
propaganda on social media in the run-up to the 2016 election.
A Twitter spokesperson declined to comment, “for privacy and security reasons."
Two
days before election day, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway
tweeted a post by @Ten_GOP regarding Hillary Clinton’s email.
“Mother
of jailed sailor: 'Hold Hillary to same standards as my son on
Classified info' #hillarysemail #WeinerGate” the tweet reads.
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Source: The Daily Beast
Why is this a surprise? A lot more will come out about the Russians interfering in the election and I am sure the Dotard in Chief knew all about it.
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