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BREAKING: The FBI Paid Twitter Millions of Dollars For Their “Influence Campaign”
On Monday, the next round of Twitter Files were dropped, proving to be the most damning file drop to date.
The drop, which was reported on by Michael Shellenberger, showed just how far the FBI went while working with Twitter to influence the 2020 election in Joe Biden’s favor.
According to the bombshell drop, the FBI paid Twitter $3.4 million dollars of taxpayer money for their “staff time.”
“The FBI’s influence campaign may have been helped by the fact that it was paying Twitter millions of dollars for its staff time,” reported Shellenberger.
Shellenberger attached an email from an associate of former FBI agent Jim Baker: “I am happy to report we have collected $3,415,323 since October 2019!”
Check out the tweet below:
46. The FBI’s influence campaign may have been helped by the fact that it was paying Twitter millions of dollars for its staff time.
“I am happy to report we have collected $3,415,323 since October 2019!” reports an associate of Jim Baker in early 2021. pic.twitter.com/SmNse97QxK
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) December 19, 2022
Check out some reactions to the news on Twitter:
HUGE: @ElonMusk @Twitter files show FBI "reimbursed" Twitter $3.4 million for helping the agency censor and spy on Americans. https://t.co/S65E3mymSl
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) December 19, 2022
The FBI influenced the 2020 election and even exchanged millions of dollars with Twitter during the process.
But please keep telling me how dangerous Trump is for calling the rigged election “rigged.”
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 19, 2022
Follow me on Twitter @CollinRugg!
The Monday files drop also showed FBI Special Agent Elvis Chan sending 10 documents to Twitter’s Yoel Roth through Teleporter, a one-way communications channel from the FBI to Twitter.
7. At 9:22 pm ET (6:22 PT), FBI Special Agent Elvis Chan sends 10 documents to Twitter’s then-Head of Site Integrity, Yoel Roth, through Teleporter, a one-way communications channel from the FBI to Twitter. pic.twitter.com/7j59zfBuJQ
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) December 19, 2022
What exactly were included in these 10 mystery documents? We can’t say for sure, but all we know is that the Hunter Biden story was censored just hours later. Nothing fishy about that, right?
As Michael Shellenberger reports, the NY Post story dropped the next day and was censored within hours:
8. The next day, October 14, 2020, The New York Post runs its explosive story revealing the business dealings of President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter. Every single fact in it was accurate. pic.twitter.com/TC2AnLNJAw
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) December 19, 2022
9. And yet, within hours, Twitter and other social media companies censor the NY Post article, preventing it from spreading and, more importantly, undermining its credibility in the minds of many Americans.
Why is that? What, exactly, happened?
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) December 19, 2022
Shellenberger further confirms this was NOT “Russian Propaganda”, as the media falsely claimed:
14. Were the FBI warnings of a Russian hack-and-leak operation relating to Hunter Biden based on *any* new intel?
No, they weren't
“Through our investigations, we did not see any similar competing intrusions to what had happened in 2016,” admitted FBI agent Elvis Chan in Nov. pic.twitter.com/tFPMqbydbA
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) December 19, 2022
15. Indeed, Twitter executives *repeatedly* reported very little Russian activity.
E.g., on Sept 24, 2020, Twitter told FBI it had removed 345 “largely inactive” accounts “linked to previous coordinated Russian hacking attempts.” They “had little reach & low follower accounts." pic.twitter.com/hy7hPahChS
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) December 19, 2022
