Documents Show Adam Schiff’s Office Called On Twitter to Ban a Journalist

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff’s (D-Calif.) office urged Twitter to ban a journalist, according to documents. Journalist Matt Taibbi posted a photo of the email between Schiff’s office and Twitter…

Savannah RychcikJan 4, 20232 min read

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Sperry is currently an investigative reporter for RealClearInvestigations.

He also serves as a longtime Media fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution.

Sperry explained to The Daily Caller, “The real reason Chairman Schiff lobbied to have me banned from Twitter stemmed from the fact he was angry outed his anonymous impeachment ‘whistleblower.’”

The reporter added, “He lobbied to get me banned under the false premise of ‘promot false QAnon conspiracies’ which I have never done and challenge Schiff to produce evidence to back up his defamatory remarks to Twitter.”

The request from Schiff’s office was shared as part of the “Twitter Files.”

CBS News noted the “Twitter Files” are the “brainchild” of Twitter CEO Elon Musk, who has declared “he wants to show ‘what really happened’ behind the scenes regarding content moderation decisions at the social Media company before he bought it in October.”

The outlet noted the files have been released throughout December with journalists Taibbi, Bari Weiss and Michael Shellenberger doing a deep dive into the documents and discussions around Twitter’s most “high-profile” decisions.