The Moderator Scheduled For The Second Presidential Debate Was Suspended For Lying About His Twitter
C-SPAN's Steve Scully admitted to sending a tweet to Anthony Scaramucci, despite previously denying it and saying he had been hacked
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/steve-scully-suspended-cspan-twitter-hack-lie
Steve Scully, political editor at C-SPAN, has been suspended indefinitely after he admitted to lying about his Twitter account getting hacked, the network announced Thursday.
Scully, who had been set to moderate the second presidential debate that was due to take place virtually on Thursday night prior to President Donald Trump pulling out, admitted to "errors in judgment."
On Oct. 8, the veteran Washington reporter tweeted a message at former White House communications chief Anthony Scaramucci, asking whether he should respond to claims from Trump that Scully was biased against him.
But the message was public and soon went viral, held up by conservatives that Scully was colluding with Scaramucci, who is now a vocal Trump critic. (It is not uncommon, however, for reporters to communicate privately with politicians from all parties.)
To try to cover his tracks, Scully said his account had been hacked — something he now admits was false.
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