Washington Times · Jan 12, 2023
Twitter Files: Democrats were warned Russian bot theory was false
In this April 26, 2017, photo is a Twitter app icon on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) **FILE** more >Democratic lawmakers insisted Russian bots had overtaken Twitter and were being used to boost Republican talking points, despite warnings by platform executives that the claim was untrue, according to the latest installment of the “Twitter Files.”
Twitter employees warned several top Democrats that their theory of a Russian troll takeover on the platform lacked evidence as the lawmakers peddled the assertion in an attempt to swat down the release of a 2018 memo by the Republican-led House Intelligence Committee detailing FBI surveillance abuses against Trump insiders.