Trump enlists fake Peter Strzok tweets in latest attempt to discredit the FBI

[jpak]

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-promotes-fox-news-column-fake-peter-strzok-tweets-d5ec107c97f5/

As he’s in the habit of doing, on Wednesday morning President Trump tweeted out a quote from a friendly conservative commentator — his goal this time being to justify the controversial firing of FBI agent Peter Strzok.

Trump shared a quote from former FBI official Chris Swecker, who wrote in a Fox News column that the Strzok firing “was a decision step in the right direction in correcting the wrongs committed by what has been described as Comey’s skinny inner circle.”

But there’s a big problem with Swecker’s column that Trump seemingly missed — to make his case, he cited tweets posted by fake Peter Strzok Twitter accounts.

“Strzok is now engaged in an unhinged Twitter rant of vitriol towards President Trump that matches the hatred he expressed for Trump in his texts with Page. He has even revealed new and possibly classified or confidential investigative detail – or simply told lies – on Twitter,” Swecker wrote, paraphrasing fake Strzok tweets.

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[2naSalit]

1. Are these

fake accts started by trolls and are they, perhaps, supplied from offshore? Wouldn't be surprised if they were.

[ProudLib72]

2. Let's just for the sake of argument suppose they are and it is proven

What happens to him then?

Or let's suppose that he has an offshore ghost tweeter. That would be even more remarkable!

[2naSalit]

3. ...

those thoughts have crossed my mind in the recent past and resurface, yet again, today.

I don't have an answer other than to point out the eventuality of a certain pot boiling over.

[sobenji]

5. It's a parody account

It’s for humorous purposes. Like @realdenaldtrump

[malaise]

4. This is the President of the United States

He is clearly demented