Thread, 1/4: Earlier today I said Trump had RTed, then removed, a post with the unsubstantiated name of the Ukraine whistleblower. Tonight, Twitter said that Trump never un-RTed the post. A Twitter glitch made it LOOK like he had removed it. I've updated my story w/ the new info.
2/4: It appeared, for most of the day, that Trump had removed the controversial retweet. Virtually his entire Friday night tweetstorm appeared to be missing from his timeline, when users checked in different browsers, on different devices, from different accounts.
3/4: On Saturday night Twitter said a software bug caused the blackout. A Twitter spokesman confirmed that Trump's account, plus millions of other accounts, were affected by the bug. Bottom line: Trump's retweet containing the purported name is still visible all around the world.
4/4: We've updated my @CNN story with a new headline:
"Trump attacks whistleblower in tweetstorm full of rants and conspiracies"
cnn.com/2019/12/28/pol…
"Trump attacks whistleblower in tweetstorm full of rants and conspiracies"
cnn.com/2019/12/28/pol…
