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The material that Klippenstein published on his Substack in September appears to be related to a hack of the Trump campaign earlier this year, which the FBI has linked to Iran. Documents from the hack have been shared with various media outlets, which have chosen not to publish them.
The media did not come to the same conclusion when it heavily covered files from Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, which were hacked and leaked by Russian intelligence before she ultimately lost that election to Trump. At one point, Trump also said he hoped Russia could “find” some of Clinton’s files.
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The removal of the material from After buying Twitter in 2022, Musk said he was a supporter of free speech and open sharing of information, even if it offended either political party.
Last week, Musk appeared at a rally in Pennsylvania alongside the former president, taking an awkward leap onto the stage before declaring: “I’m not just Maga – I’m a dark Maga,” while shouting the slogan Make America Great Again the Republican candidate invoked.
Musk added that “this will be the last election” if Trump doesn’t win against Kamala Harris in November, complaining that she and her fellow Democrats “want to take away your freedom of speech, they want to take away your right to bear arms.” . , they actually want to take away your right to vote.”
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“The real election interference here is that a social media company can push certain information that is unsuitable for the American electorate,” he wrote.
“Two of our most sacred rights as Americans are the freedoms of speech and assembly, online or otherwise. It is a national humiliation that these rights can be restricted by anyone with sufficient numbers in their bank account.”
Musk is expected to attend more Trump rallies — and may even reach out to voters for the campaign in Pennsylvania in the coming week. He has funded a political action entity called America Pac, which has spent about $80 million to help Trump reach voters in crucial swing states like Pennsylvania.
