Thread by @carolecadwalla

New Daily Beast article about Sam Patten, a Cambridge Analytica contractor, & his relationship with Russian asset & Paul Manafort. Here’s something it misses: he worked on the Nigeria campaign that used hackers thedailybeast.com/accused-russia…

This one. In which Cambridge Analytica worked with illegal computer hackers who stole the (now) president’s emails
theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/m…

We took Sam Patten out of the piece because the article was already too preposterous. (But true) Chucking in the man with with the known connection to a Russian spy just seemed like a step too far...

But Sam Patten played a central role on the Nigeria campaign. And we knew he was a long time associate of both Manafort and Kilimnik, now a star of a Mueller filing.

And you know who else worked on the same campaign? AggregateIQ, the Canadian firm, @vote_leave used during referendum. Here’s the ‘murder video’ Cambridge Analytica made for them to distribute
theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/a…