Thread by @tburages

Hey @AriMelber, perhaps you can have Sam Nunberg back on to talk about what he knows about his friend Arthur Schwartz's spearheading of this organized effort to discredit hundreds of journalists.

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@AriMelber "'I am sure there will be more scalps,' said Sam Nunberg, a former aide to Mr. Trump who is a friend of Mr. Schwartz.

"Mr. Nunberg ...described it as meant to expose what they see as the hypocrisy of mainstream news outlets.

'"Two can play at this game,' he said."

@AriMelber "The operation has compiled social media posts from Twitter, FB and Instagram, and stored images of the posts that can be publicized even if the user deletes them ... One claimed that the operation had unearthed potentially 'fireable' information on 'several hundred' people."

@AriMelber Although the White House says they have nothing to do with this operation, Arthur Schwartz is a close friend of Don. Jr.

Don Jr. has already amplified on twitter some of the unearthed information about the Times editor.

I think it's safe to say Trump Sr. is in the loop here.