President Trump
Donald John TrumpNew EPA rule would expand Trump officials' powers to reject FOIA requests Democratic senator introduces bill to ban gun silencers Democrats: Ex-Commerce aide said Ross asked him to examine adding census citizenship question 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) Swan MuellerKamala Harris says her Justice Dept would have 'no choice' but to prosecute Trump for obstruction Dem committees win new powers to investigate Trump Schiff says Intel panel will hold 'series' of hearings on Mueller report 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 SchatzOvernight Health Care — Sponsored by Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids — Trump issues order to bring transparency to health care prices | Fight over billions in ObamaCare payments heads to Supreme Court Democrats call for restraint, oversight as Trump reportedly calls back Iranian strike Democrats mark World Refugee Day 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.
