Jan 4, 2023
As part of the latest Twitter Files dump on Tuesday, independent journalist Matt Taibbi released screenshots showing that in November 2020, Rep. Adam Schiff's office requested that journalist Paul Sperry, an investigative reporter for Real Clear Investigations, be permanently banned from the platform, claiming that Sperry had "repeatedly promoted false QAnon conspiracies" and harassed one of the California congressman's staffers. "Remove any and all content about Mr. Misko and other Committee staff from its service- to include quotes, retweets, and reactions to that content," the request to Twitter read. "Suspend the many accounts, including @GregRubini and @paulsperry, which have repeatedly promoted false QAnon conspiracies." Schiff's office also requested that the platform "label and minimize the display of any content" to prevent the "spread of further disinformation on Twitter" about committee staff. "Even Twitter d