Twitter Locks Trump’s Account, Threatens ‘Permanent Suspension’ After Riot at Capitol Building
Three of Trump’s tweets pushing the baseless conspiracy theory that the election was stolen were also removed
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2 min readJan 7, 2021
Twitter said it has locked President Donald Trump’s account for 12 hours and threatened it with permanent suspension on Wednesday night, shortly after a mob of his followers broke into the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
Earlier in the day, President Trump sent a number of tweets supporting the conspiracy theory that the election was stolen and encouraging his followers in their insurrection at the Capitol, where a woman was fatally shot.
“As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy,” Twitter said via its Twitter Safety account.
