Maine U.S. Sen. Angus King’s 2018 campaign called out his own constituents social media accounts, flagging them as suspicious.
The investigation was revealed as part of the on-going “Twitter Files” release overseen by Twitter’s CEO Elon Musk and independent journalists.
6. If a president freaking out about one tweeter is news, surely a U.S. Senator finking on three hundred-plus of his constituents also must be? pic.twitter.com/dUtLV8TlmV
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) February 19, 2023
U.S. Sen. Angus King’s 2018 campaign flagged hundreds of social media accounts as suspicious in communications with Twitter, including those run by the Maine Republican Party and conservative activists: https://t.co/f3dHIYNSDt
(Story via @bangordailynews)
— CBS 13 News (@WGME) February 21, 2023
Sen. Angus King reported over 350 suspicious tweets from suspected bots and trolls, more than 100 of which were linked to his 2018 Republican opponent.
In 2012, he paid interns to post comments using aliases on newspaper websites. https://t.co/ktwYphPFEG
— Randy Billings (@randybillings) February 22, 2023
Angus King responds to @mtaibbi's reporting that he kept an enemies list of critics in 2018.
📹 @newscentermaine pic.twitter.com/8LqyB5YUuW
— The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) February 22, 2023
Angus King’s Response to Leaked “Enemies List” Raises More Questions Than It Answershttps://t.co/XMcPb7Op03
— The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) February 22, 2023
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