President Trump
Donald TrumpSenators given no timeline on removal of National Guard, Capitol fence Democratic fury with GOP explodes in House Georgia secretary of state withholds support for 'reactionary' GOP voting bills MORE’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani claimed Tuesday that Twitter allowed someone to hack his tweet to plant a hyperlink to a site critical of Trump.
In a tweet sent on Nov. 30, Giuliani took shots at special counsel Robert Mueller
Robert (Bob) MuellerWhy a special counsel is guaranteed if Biden chooses Yates, Cuomo or Jones as AG Barr taps attorney investigating Russia probe origins as special counsel CNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump MORE, calling for “supervision” of his investigation because he filed indictments at inconvenient times for Trump.
The link Giuliani included in his tweet redirected straight to a page displaying only the words “Donald J. Trump is a traitor to our country.”
Four days later, Giuliani acknowledged the link and blamed Twitter.
“Twitter allowed someone to invade my text with a disgusting anti-President message,” he tweeted Tuesday evening.
Twitter allowed someone to invade my text with a disgusting anti-President message. The same thing-period no space-occurred later and it didn’t happen. Don’t tell me they are not committed cardcarrying anti-Trumpers. Time Magazine also may fit that description. FAIRNESS PLEASE
— Rudy Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) December 5, 2018
Social media users pointed out that what likely happened was that someone bought a domain name matching the inadvertent link for the purpose of posting an anti-Trump message to troll Giuliani.
Twitter users were left scratching their heads at Giuliani's statement.
What actually happened: Giuliani’s tweet contained a grammatical error that just so happened to resemble a url with a .in domain that, completely outside of Twitter, was quickly purchased by someone who created a website that displayed the “disgusting anti-President message.” https://t.co/NbRKpcXpcF
— Briän Ries (@moneyries) December 5, 2018
What do these words mean? https://t.co/myjYRFgbXm
— Brian SchatzBrian Emanuel SchatzLittle known Senate referee to play major role on Biden relief plan Bipartisan group of lawmakers proposes bill to lift rule putting major financial burden on USPS Warren to join Finance panel overseeing taxes, health care MORE (@brianschatz) December 5, 2018
Just tried to buy helsinki.either.
— David Jolly (@DavidJollyFL) December 5, 2018
Didn't work.
(You'll only get it if you get it. ) https://t.co/FfgvhUf45W
good time for a reminder that trump originally named giuliani as his cybersecurity adviser https://t.co/yhs4m9JmY2
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) December 5, 2018
when your racist grandpa uses the tweeter machine https://t.co/Khb0xZYFhu
— shauna (@goldengateblond) December 5, 2018
Giuliani is turning a typo into a full on conspiracy theory tonight. https://t.co/SZmTMD7guW
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 5, 2018
Updated on Dec. 5 at 10:13 a.m.
