The verified FBI archives account on Twitter has been dormant for over a year. Two days ago, it started tweeting again with a partisan release praising Fred C. Trump as a “philanthropist”. Trump was the father of Donald Trump, and was a highly controversial figure particularly over race issues. Today, the FBI archives released negative material on the Bill Clinton Foundation.
A Hillary supporter on Twitter, Dustin Giebel, whom I have interviewed, pointing out the shocking fact that the FBI Archives account had been completely dormant since 2015 before the oleaginous tweet about Fred Trump.
Here's something interesting about the FBI Records Vault. It's started posting 2 days ago after over a year of not posting anything. pic.twitter.com/psNwsEpPAg
— Dusty (@DustinGiebel) November 1, 2016
Giebel’s summation is correct. This tweet on Fred Trump was published Oct 30:
Make FOIA requests electronically,receive your response to your email account. Open beta test of eFOIA at: https://t.co/RWylCwh2BX
— FBI Records Vault (@FBIRecordsVault) October 8, 2015
was immediately preceded by this tweet – posted over a year ago in August, 2015.
Make FOIA requests electronically,receive your response to your email account. Open beta test of eFOIA at: https://t.co/RWylCwh2BX
— FBI Records Vault (@FBIRecordsVault) October 8, 2015
Meanwhile, an anti-Clinton tweet appeared on the feed today:
William J. Clinton Foundation: This initial release consists of material from the FBI's files related to the Will… https://t.co/Y4nz3aRSmG
— FBI Records Vault (@FBIRecordsVault) November 1, 2016
The evidence of partisan hackery here comes as there is huge skepticism over unnamed FBI sources who spun to the New York Times that Donald Trump was not linked to Russia (it should be noted that the agency itself has said no such thing, and have briefed Harry Reid on an active investigation).
The Justice Department appeared to confirm that it had opened an investigation into Director Comey for violating the Hatch Act. Senator Grassley (R) of the Judiciary Committee sharply rebuked Comey for his partisan intervention.
It seems inexplicable that a verified but dormant FBI archives account should start up just before the election with praise of Fred Trump and an attack on Hillary Clinton.
