Former president’s lawyers petition company to allow access following ban from platform in wake of 2021 Capitol attack
set up an internal working group, bringing together senior figures across the organization, to debate the final decision.
Trump used his Twitter account to encourage supporters to gather near the Capitol. In a speech before the attack, he urged supporters to “fight like hell”. He then used Twitter to criticize his vice-president, Mike Pence, for not stopping certification while the attack was in progress. Twitter lifted its ban on Trump after Elon Musk bought the platform last year. But Trump has not tweeted since, choosing to remain on his own rival social media service, Truth Social.NBC quoted an anonymous Republican who said Trump had been bragging about eventually returning to Twitter and predicted the ex-president would do so.
Trump used Twitter and Facebook extensively when he ran for the presidency in 2016 and throughout his time in office.
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