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THREAD: Last week, @StateDept admitted to funding @IranDisinfo, which targeted human rights activists, journalists, & analysts in the US. It was the latest example of the Trump administration’s abuse of power to go after perceived political enemies. theguardian.com/us-news/2019/m…
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Since February 2017, Trump has repeatedly called media outlets, including the @nytimes and the @washingtonpost, the “Enemy of the People” for ongoing coverage of his administration. cpj.org/blog/2019/01/t…
Since February 2017, Trump has repeatedly called media outlets, including the @nytimes and the @washingtonpost, the “Enemy of the People” for ongoing coverage of his administration. cpj.org/blog/2019/01/t…
In early 2017, Trump officials reassigned @StateDept staff deemed insufficiently loyal to the administration. High-level White House officials disparaged career State Department employees as “turncoats” or “troublemakers” in order to get them fired. democrats-oversight.house.gov/news/press-rel…
In May 2017, Trump aides reportedly hired Israeli private intelligence firm Black Cube to gather damaging information about the personal lives of former Obama aides, as well as prominent journalists and Iranian Americans. theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/m…
In early 2017, the Trump National Security Council circulated a military-intelligence style analysis accusing former Obama aides of serving as “operations officers” in a so-called “Echo Chamber.” newyorker.com/news/news-desk…
In mid-2017, Trump ordered White House officials Gary Cohn and John Kelly to pressure the Justice Department into blocking the AT&T-Time Warner merger as part of a plan to retaliate against @CNN for its ongoing coverage of the administration. newyorker.com/magazine/2019/…
In November 2017, Trump demanded the FBI and Justice Department investigate @HillaryClinton and other Democrats, a demand he would repeat many times thereafter. vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/d…
In August 2018, Trump tweeted that he wanted Attorney General Jeff Sessions to “look into” Peter Strzok, Andy McCabe, Lisa Page, Bruce Ohr, @Comey, and Robert Mueller. rollcall.com/news/politics/…
In spring 2018, Trump told Don McGahn he wanted to prosecute @HillaryClinton and @Comey, discussing appointing a second special counsel to investigate the pair. nytimes.com/2018/11/20/us/…
@HillaryClinton @Comey In April 2018, Trump signed an order to punish @amazon. Trump wanted the Postal Service to increase Amazon’s shipping costs and even mulled canceling Amazon’s cloud computing contract with the government over ongoing coverage from the @washingtonpost. vanityfair.com/news/2018/04/d…
@amazon @washingtonpost In mid-2018, @PressSec said the administration was looking into revoking the security clearances of former officials it deemed had “politicized… their public service.” nbcnews.com/politics/natio…
In August 2018, Trump ordered the revocation of @JohnBrennan's clearance because of critical comments. The administration only failed to follow through due to the “complex bureaucratic work it would have taken” to revoke his clearance. nytimes.com/2018/08/15/us/…
@JohnBrennan In November 2018, the White House shared a doctored video to justify revoking @CNN reporter @Acosta's press pass. washingtonpost.com/technology/201…
In March 2019, Trump accused his perceived political enemies of “treasonous things” and threatened payback against his “evil” enemies.
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