Twitter CEO Elon Musk went after twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and called out her connection to the Russia investigation against former President Donald Trump. Musk responded to a tweet from filmmaker Amanda Milius, who shared a clip of an interview she conducted with Kash Patel, a former official in the State Department under Trump.
Musk called out Michael Sussmann and the law firm Perkins Coie, both of whom represented Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and were reportedly connected to the dossier that was compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele and contained many unverified accusations about Trump and Russia.
Milius wrote in her tweet: “There’s a lot more to full transparency just re Russiagate than getting rid of Baker but it’s a big step. See vids & you’ll understand why it’s not being posted by Kash on Twitter. If Perkins Coie is @elonmusk Twitter’s outside counsel this isn’t remotely enough.”
Musk responded: “Twitter isn’t using Perkins Coie. No company should use them until they make amends for Sussman’s attempt to corrupt a Presidential election.”
This isn’t the first time Musk has gone after Clinton.
Back in May, Musk blasted Clinton following a report involving a court admission by her former campaign manager that she was aware of false information being released about Trump to the media.
Robby Mook, Clinton’s campaign chief, alleged that Clinton signed off on leaking unverified information to the press.
Mook testified that Clinton authorized leaking the allegation that there was a covert electronic communications backchannel between the Trump Organization and Russia’s Alfa Bank, even though campaign officials admitted they were not “totally confident” the information was accurate.
The claim of ‘Trump-Russia collusion’ has been thoroughly debunked; Mook’s revelation set Musk off.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) wrote on Twitter: “Christopher Steele created the dossier. Glenn Simpson sold it to the press. Michael Sussman took it to the FBI. And Democrats and the media lied to you about it all.”
Elon Musk responded: “All true. Bet most people still don’t know that a Clinton campaign lawyer, using campaign funds, created an elaborate hoax about Trump and Russia.”
He then responded to a post from a Twitter account called “Tesla Facts” claiming in a “fact check” that the allegation against Sussmann is “false” because Sussmann wasn’t working for Clinton’s campaign when he told FBI general counsel James Baker he wasn’t working on behalf of anyone as he passed along the phony narrative that the Trump Organization had a secret electronic link to Kremlin-linked Alfa Bank in Moscow.
“Sussmann himself admitted billing Clinton Campaign to pay for him to present Russia hoax to FBI! This is not even questioned by the defense,” Musk noted in another tweet.
“Btw, I donated to & voted for Hillary, so am doubly pissed off about those funds being used for lying.”
Mook was called to testify by Sussmann’s defense team.
Fox News noted:
During cross-examination by government prosecutor Andrew DeFillippis Friday, Mook was asked about the campaign’s understanding of the Alfa Bank allegations against Trump and whether they planned to release the data to the media.
Mook said he was first briefed about the Alfa Bank issue by campaign general counsel Marc Elias, who at the time was a partner at lawfirm Perkins Coie.
Mook testified that he was told that the data had come from “people that had expertise in this sort of matter.”
Mook said the campaign was not totally confident in the legitimacy of the data, but had hoped to give the information to a reporter who could further “run it down” to determine if it was “accurate” or “substantive.”
He also said that he discussed whether to pass along the information to a reporter with senior campaign officials including the campaign’s chairman, John Podesta, then-communications director Jennifer Palmieri, and senior policy adviser Jake Sullivan, the latter of whom now serves as President Joe Biden’s national security adviser.
“I discussed it with Hillary as well,” Mook told the court.
“I don’t remember the substance of the conversation, but notionally, the discussion was, hey, we have this and we want to share it with a reporter,” Mook noted.
After he was pressed about Clinton’s response, Mook replied: “She agreed”.
