“In a 24-hour period this week, former President Donald Trump posted to his social media platform, Truth Social, 88 times, amplifying one conspiracy theory after another,” the New York Times reports.
“Among his unsupported claims: A retiring F.B.I. agent was behind both the search of his Mar-a-Lago property on Aug. 8 and the investigation into his campaign’s possible ties to Russia; a forthcoming report will prove widespread corruption against his 2016 campaign; and he should be reinstalled as president because the 2020 election was fraudulent.”
“Mr. Trump has spent more than a decade on social media attacking enemies, cozying up to far-right ideas and sharing false information… But, as his legal exposure intensifies over his handling of government documents, the former president this week crossed over to a more direct embrace of claims batted around the dark corners on the internet.”
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