A top Democrat pressured Twitter to ban a journalist, according to newly released messages.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)’s office pressured Twitter in 2020 to ban Paul Sperry, an investigative journalist, the messages show.
Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee at the time, wanted “many accounts” allegedly linked to QAnon suspended, including Sperry, one message showed.
Schiff’s office claimed Sperry and the other accounts had “repeatedly promoted false QAnon conspiracies and harassed [redacted].”
QAnon refers to a movement of people who promote conspiracy theories related to government officials and other elite figures, some of which have turned out to be true….