The X Platform was heavily criticized after the company temporarily suspended an independent journalist who published private documents allegedly hacked by the Trump campaign and leaked by Iran.
Ken Klippenstein posted the 271-page document to his Substack account on Thursday.
“I don't believe in the press as a branch of government.”
Although many believed that Krippenstein was suspended from X for posting classified documents, statement The company gave another reason.
“Ken Klippenstein was temporarily suspended for violating our company's rules regarding posting large portions of unredacted personal information, specifically Sen. Vance's address and social security number. '' said in a statement.
The documents included scrutiny of Vance by the Trump campaign and reportedly contained embarrassing personal information about the Ohio senator.
krippenstein said He said he posted the document because it was of “significant public interest” during the campaign period.
“I don't believe that the news media is in the business of combating foreign influence as an arm of government,” he added. “Nor should we be gatekeepers to what the public needs to know.”
Politico and the Washington Post both said they received the documents via email from anonymous sources in July, but declined to publish them.
“These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States and are intended to interfere with the 2024 election and disrupt the entire Democratic process,” Trump campaign spokesman Stephen Chan said at the time. That's the purpose,” he said.
President Trump revealed on Wednesday that he had been briefed by intelligence officials about an alleged attempt by the Iranian regime to assassinate him.
“A major threat to my life from Iran. The entire U.S. military is watching and waiting. Iran has already taken action and it didn't work, but they will try again,” he said on social media.
“An attack on a former president is a death wish for the attackers!” he added.
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