1.THREAD: The Twitter Files Twitter and the FBI “Belly Button” pic.twitter.com/nfOGQGlvUM — Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 3, 2023 https://t.co/BcFhHCvjAE February, 2020, as COVID broke out, the Global Engagement Center – a fledgling analytic/intelligence arms of the State Department – went to the media with a report called, “Russian Disinformation Apparatus Taking Advantage of Coronavirus Concerns.” pic.twitter.com/KjUeE8vejt — Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) …
January 3, 2023 – Twitter Files: Former House Intel Committee chief Adam Schiff asks Twitter to ban journalist Paul Sperry
27.They also received an astonishing variety of requests from officials asking for individuals they didn’t like to be banned. Here, the office for Democrat and House Intel Committee chief Adam Schiff asks Twitter to ban journalist Paul Sperry: pic.twitter.com/SXI1ekqi13 — Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 3, 2023 28.“WE DON’T DO THIS” Even Twitter declined to honor Schiff’s request at the time. …
January 4, 2023 – Twitter Files: Twitter is pressured by Intel Community (including Senate Intel, Mark Warner)
“Matt Taibbi has a new substack out on the Twitter Files. This one concentrates on how Twitter found itself under political pressure from the Deep State to, in essence, lend support to the Russia Hoax. This, as usual, was an evidence free operation. Twitter looked but couldn’t find evidence of Russian “meddling”. Twitter execs said so to one another, but …
January 5, 2023 – US Attorney Lausch urges AG Garland to appoint a special counsel the day after his investigators interviewed Biden aide Kathy Chung
BREAKING: US Attorney Lausch urged AG Garland to appoint a special counsel THE DAY AFTER his investigators (on Jan. 4) interviewed Biden aide Kathy Sang-ok Chung re her role in packing/storing classified WH docs. Chung previously worked with Hunter who suggested VP Biden hire her — Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) January 24, 2023 🚨BREAKING🚨 It appears there may now be evidence …
January 6, 2023 – Louisiana AG lawsuit reveals Biden regime pressured Facebook to censor Tucker Carlson and targeting of Robert Kennedy, Jr.
(…) On Friday, January 6, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry released communications between Joe Biden’s Director of Digital Strategy, Joe Flaherty, pressuring Facebook to censor Tucker Carlson of FOX News. Clear effort at government-directed social media censorship @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/iDhcSBFFjo — AG Jeff Landry (@AGJeffLandry) January 6, 2023 Joe Flaherty demands to know what “reduction” of the information looks like on …
January 9, 2023 – Twitter Files: Pfizer board member used same Twitter manager as the WH to suppress debate on Covid vaccines
On August 27, 2021, Dr. Scott Gottlieb – a Pfizer director with over 550,000 Twitter followers – saw a tweet he didn’t like, a tweet that might hurt sales of Pfizer’s mRNA vaccines. The tweet explained correctly that natural immunity after Covid infection was superior to vaccine protection. It called on the White House to “follow the science” and exempt …
January 11, 2023 – Ten senior Biden administration officials were hired to their current or former positions after stints at the Penn Biden Center
During the Penn Biden opening ceremony in Feb 2018, Biden told Andrea Mitchell that he told UPenn’s president the idea of the center was “even more intriguing after the outcome of the [2016] election when you said I could bring along with me some serious, serious people.” pic.twitter.com/JQHjA2j9o2 — Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) January 11, 2023 (Fox News, 1/11/2023) (Archive)
January 12, 2023 – Twitter Files: The Fake Tale of Russian Bots – Twitter officials were aghast, finding no evidence of Russian influence
1.THREAD: Twitter Files #14 THE RUSSIAGATE LIES One: The Fake Tale of Russian Bots and the #ReleaseTheMemo Hashtag — Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 12, 2023 3.Twitter officials were aghast, finding no evidence of Russian influence: “We are feeding congressional trolls.” “Not any…significant activity connected to Russia.” “Putting the cart before the horse assuming this is propaganda/bots.” pic.twitter.com/r8O21QacME — Matt Taibbi …
January 12, 2023 – Former Biden assistant is questioned by law enforcement over classified docs
“A former top aide to President Biden — who reportedly was questioned by federal investigators as part of the probe into the president’s handling of classified documents — exchanged emails with Hunter Biden on numerous occasions, according to a Fox News Digital review. Kathy Chung, Biden’s executive assistant when he was vice president and the Pentagon’s current deputy director of protocol, …
January 13, 2023 – Court filing: The FBI admits Seth Rich was directly involved in the DNC “hack”
(Read more: Court Listener PDF (21 pages) , 1/13/2023) (Archive) Attorney Ty Clevenger explains further: 1/6 New Seth Rich documents, fresh off the grill! FBI filed a new motion about CrowdStrike records. I’ve only given it a cursory review, but we have at least one bombshell (in 5/7). #FridayNightDocumentDumphttps://t.co/zN6CzphV9K — Ty Clevenger (@Ty_Clevenger) January 21, 2023 3/6 Exhibit A …
January 13, 2023 – Recently questioned Biden assistant Kathy Chung, appears in Biden laptop report 31 times, suggesting multiple felonies
“Chung” appears 31 times in our dossier. Kathy committed multiple felonies with—& at the direction of—the Biden family. She set up business meetings between Joey & Hunt with the then-richest man in the world, Mexican billionaire @carlosslim: https://t.co/8a9LYlhh28@USAttyWeiss https://t.co/kLYxIuodgh pic.twitter.com/si1du4cF04 — Marco Polo (@MarcoPolo501c3) January 13, 2023 From Marco Polo Biden laptop report:
January 13, 2023 – Twitter Files: More Adam Schiff ban requests and “Deamplification”
1.TWITTER FILES: Supplemental More Adam Schiff Ban Requests, and “Deamplification” — Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 13, 2023 3.The real issue was Donald Trump retweeted the Biden pic. To its credit Twitter refused to remove it, with Trust and Safety chief Yoel Roth saying it had obvious “humorous intent” and “any reasonable observer” – apparently, not a Schiff staffer – could …
January 15, 2023 – Andrew McCabe says the DOJ should obstruct the House GOP’s investigation into the Biden document scandal
(…) McCabe said it’s time for the DOJ to play hardball and obstruct Republicans in Congress. “Chairman Jim Jordan announced this House Judiciary Committee investigation into the DOJ actions related to the President’s handling of the classified documents today,” CNN’s Anderson Cooper said on Friday. “How much does that impact the DOJ ongoing investigation?” McCabe said the DOJ should refuse …
January 16, 2023 – Former intel official Douglas Wise knew Hunter Biden laptop ‘had to be real’ but signed ‘disinfo’ letter anyway
“A former top intelligence official who signed on to a letter attacking The Post’s bombshell 2020 reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop as Russian disinformation has now admitted he knew a “significant portion” of the recovered files “had to be real” – but doesn’t regret dismissing the exposé. Douglas Wise, a former Defense Intelligence Agency deputy director, was one of 51 erstwhile …
January 17, 2023 – Justice Department declined to oversee search at Biden’s residences
“The Justice Department reportedly considered accompanying President Joe Biden’s lawyers as they searched his residences but declined to do so. Officials believed joining in the search would complicate the investigation’s later stages. They also cited trust in the Biden team as a reason to avoid tagging along, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The Justice Department’s treatment of Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified …
January 19, 2023 – Biden laptop pics put Hunter Biden at classified docs home while raking in million from the CCP
…the Washington Free Beacon reports that photos from Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop place him at the Wilmington House in July, 2017. Of note, the classified documents were reportedly brought to the house in January of that year. The photos ‘are the most concrete evidence to date’ that Hunter – who was actively negotiating a deal with a CCP-linked Chinese energy company – had access …
January 19, 2022 – Bankman-Fried’s ties with the Clintons helped him dupe investors
“Disgraced crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly paid former President Bill Clinton roughly $250,000 to give a speech at his Crypto Bahamas Conference in April 2022, according to a Thursday report from the New York Post (NYP). Tony Blair and Bill Clinton on the same stage (and SBF.) You don’t see that very often these days, eh? pic.twitter.com/Vt5pn6egHn — Dan Keeler …
January 21, 2023 – Feds search Biden Delaware home and find six more classified documents
“Six more classified documents were found at the Wilmington, Delaware home of Joe Biden on Friday during a nearly thirteen-hour search of the home by the Department of Justice according to a statement released Saturday evening by Biden’s private attorney Bob Bauer. This is the fifth batch of classified documents found in Biden’s possession and the fourth to be found …
January 21, 2023 – Sergei Millian tweets about a “secret sealed SpyGate case” that involves the Renteria Memo
On or about January 21st of this year, Sergei Millian teased a “secret sealed SpyGate case” via a series of now deleted tweets. Shout out to The Washington Pundit Telegram channel for posting this screenshot of it. Twitter user @mgEyesOpen searched PACER and found it. Sure enough, it exists and is sealed. I searched the case myself, 21-SC-3164 (ZMF), and it was difficult …
January 21, 2023 – A connection emerges between the Penn Biden Center, hearsay whistleblower, and Trump impeachment hoax
“The Managing Director of the Penn Biden Center, a Biden adviser named Michael Carpenter, now finds himself embroiled in a national controversy that threatens to take down a president. But it isn’t his first time. Carpenter is implicated in the high-profile scandal since classified documents from Biden’s vice presidency were stored at the Penn Biden Center on his watch. The …
January 22, 2023 – Biden attorneys did not inform the DOJ of the illegal possession of classified docs at the Penn Biden Center; The National Archives IG informed them
“With the discovery of yet more classified documents at President Biden’s Wilmington home on Friday, the disclosure of which was withheld from the public until after the NFL playoff coverage began on Saturday evening, the Biden team is trying to put its best spin on things: The president, you’re to believe, is being fully cooperative. The truth of the matter …
January 23, 2023 – Former FBI official, Charles McGonigal, is charged with concealing $225,000 in cash received from Oleg Deripaska
“Charles F. McGonigal, 54, a former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field office, has been arrested on charges relating to his receipt of $225,000 in cash from an individual who had business interests in Europe and who had been an employee of a foreign intelligence service, while McGonigal was serving as Special …
January 23, 2023 – Former FBI Charles McGonigal is indicted for taking $225,000 from former Albanian intel official and then shakes down opponents running against Socialist President Edi Rama
(…) In twin indictments last month, McGonigal was charged with taking secret cash payments from a former Albanian intelligence officer, holding secret meetings with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, and attempting to remove top Kremlin oligarch Oleg Deripaska from a US sanctions list. The Albanians cited by prosecutors tie this scandal to Hunter Biden and the Chinese energy company CEFC that paid …
January 23, 2023 – Indicted FBI official, Charles McGonigal, led a shakedown operation on Albanian oligarchs, hauling in 30 million Euros
(…) McGonigal, while still serving as a senior FBI official, became a fixer for Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama and his ruling Socialist Party. Albania is a staunch U.S. ally and NATO member, but since Rama took over in Tirana a decade ago, that small country has become a hotbed of corruption, plus Europe’s leading narcostate, with deep connections to Latin …
January 23, 2023 – Former special agent in charge of NY FBI Counterintelligence Division charged with violating U.S. sanctions on Russia
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced the unsealing of a five-count Indictment charging CHARLES MCGONIGAL and SERGEY SHESTAKOV with violating and conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) …
January 27, 2023 – Twitter Files – Hamilton 68 plays major role in catapulting Russiagate fake news
1.THREAD: Twitter Files #15 MOVE OVER, JAYSON BLAIR: TWITTER FILES EXPOSE NEXT GREAT MEDIA FRAUD pic.twitter.com/bLRpDpuWql — Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 27, 2023 3.“Falsely accuses a bunch of legitimate right-leaning accounts of being Russian bots.” pic.twitter.com/EHRWACkZu4 — Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 27, 2023 5.These are quotes by Twitter executives about Hamilton 68, a digital “dashboard” that claimed to track Russian …