Thread by @sarahkendzior

Listening to great investigative reporters @carolecadwalla and @lukeharding1968 at @BylineFest.

Luke: "We knew we had to follow the money, and we had to follow the sex."

Carole: "Well, when Donald Trump has sex there always seems to be money involved..."

. @carolecadwalla discussing how in 2016, Google search was skewing results to favor white supremacists: "It was like a cancer had taken over the internet...it was so much more than 'fake news.'"

Both @carolecadwalla and @lukeharding1968 emphasizing that the 2016 Trump and Brexit operations were linked and planned long in advance. The two operations featured the same goals and many of the same players -- obviously the Kremlin, but well beyond it as well.

.@lukeharding1968 says the UK needs its own version of Robert Mueller. He says Brexit is democratically invalid, having passed due to Russian espionage and other illicit efforts #BylineFest

. @carolecadwalla "The referendum was not a free and fair election. It was a car crash of illegality. We will get some kind of investigation because we don't want to live in a country where an election can be so corrupted with lies."

First audience question to @carolecadwalla and @lukeharding1968: "You two are doing the work of the intelligence services. So where the fuck are the intelligence services?!"

Audience applauds in saddened recognition while panelists agree. #BylineFest