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Eugene

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Sun Dec 9, 2018, 07:17 PM Dec 2018

Bad tweets included in Mueller's recent court filings

Source: Think Progress

Bad tweets included in Mueller’s recent court filings

An illustrated guide to why you should never tweet.

FRANK DALE
DEC 9, 2018, 10:12 AM

The racist and sexist social media histories of President Donald Trump, his family, and numerous members of his administration are well-documented, especially on Twitter.

But a new genre of damaging Trumpworld tweets has emerged in recent months.

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election is taking particular interest in Twitter activity, per court filings and multiple reports.

ThinkProgress presents an illustrated guide to why you should never tweet.

George Papadopoulos


GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS AT THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2018. (ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGES)

In last month’s court filing explaining why Papadopoulos should report to jail, Mueller provided a valuable life lesson about deleted tweets. Trump’s ex-campaign adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian intermediaries during the 2016 campaign, was sentenced to 14 days in prison with a year of supervised release.


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Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/robert-mueller-russia-investigation-twitter-donald-trump-michael-cohen-roger-stone-george-papadopoulos-special-counsel-never-tweet-53a57c8886cc/

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Bad tweets included in Mueller's recent court filings (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2018 OP
Translation: Sorry I had to plead guilty... czarjak Dec 2018 #1
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