Thread by @jamesfourm

You should go to the FBI before they come to you, @benshapiro.

#HereToHelp

https://twitter.com/JamesFourM/status/1040812594335043584

@benshapiro "Manafort’s media operation included attacks on Clinton. In October 2012 Gates emailed Manafort and Friedman, flagging a piece written by the journalist Ben Shapiro. The Breitbart article criticised Clinton for her public support of Tymoshenko."
theguardian.com/us-news/2018/a…

@benshapiro "Manafort owes much of his time behind bars to his work on behalf of Russian-backed Ukrainian political interests—work that made him, according to Mueller’s filings, $60 million."

Manafort shopped a story around. Ben Shapiro wrote 3. So, what did it cost?
thedailybeast.com/manafort-docs-…

@benshapiro Did you know you were writing an article to advance the interests of the pro-Kremlin Ukrainian government, @benshapiro? How could you not, right?

Were you aware of Avigdor Lieberman's statement, Ben? Were you shown his statement before it was released? Who was your contact?

@benshapiro Why haven't you submitted FARA paperwork, Ben? The FBI will want to know.

You should start working on your answers, Ben. As I said, you're better off going to them first.

You saw the news about Sam Patten, right? We're prosecuting unregistered FARA now.
thehill.com/policy/nationa…

@benshapiro There is a precedent for being forced to file FARA paperwork even years after being paid to write articles on behalf of a foreign government, by the way.

Ask Joshua Trevino and Ben Domenech. They had to do just that. So, good luck!
buzzfeednews.com/article/rosieg…

@benshapiro Ignore @ninaandtito's research at your own peril.

https://twitter.com/ninaandtito/status/1040989575898914817?s=20

@benshapiro @ninaandtito Here are the THREE articles Ben Shapiro wrote to advance Paul Manafort's agenda on behalf of TWO (Ukraine & Israel) foreign governments (3 technically, since this helped Russia's puppet in Ukraine).

How much were you paid for this, @benshapiro? By whom?

https://twitter.com/WarfareNavel/status/1040826371205996544?s=20

Okay, so I got curious about this. See, I couldn't find any archives of tweets that @benshapiro may have posted about his THREE separate Breitbart articles written to push Paul Manafort's agenda, but it seemed unlikely they never existed.

Why? Ben Shapiro was very active...

...on Twitter, even back in 2012. He posted several times a day. Lots of articles and random thoughts. He had a substantial following back then, since he became the editor-at-large of Breitbart that year.

And yet, no tweets about Ben's Manafort articles?

https://twitter.com/WarfareNavel/status/1041007279837990912

So, I decided to dig and see if I could find any deleted tweets from @benshapiro on those dates. It's not easy, since Ben posted a lot then. There are lots of replies to Ben's tweets. Most are still there.

However, I did find 3 replies to a now-deleted Ben Shapiro tweet.

See...

Here's Breitbart's original tweet of @benshapiro's first article.

The next day, October 25, 2012, here's a reply to Ben Shapiro, but Ben's original tweet is deleted.

The reply can still be found here (click this and you'll see the tweet she's replying to is deleted):

https://twitter.com/RNMABETmom/status/261612402569801728

Archive of the reply here:
archive.is/ldmHM

Here's Breitbart's original tweet of @benshapiro's second article.

The same day, October 29, 2012, here's another reply to Ben Shapiro, but again, Ben's original tweet is deleted.

The reply can still be found here:

https://twitter.com/VStrom_John/status/263103600497135616

Archive of the reply here:
archive.is/18JqW

Here's Breitbart's original tweet of @benshapiro's third and final article written to advance Paul Manafort and the Kremlin's agenda.

The same day, November 1, 2012, here's another reply to Ben Shapiro, but yes, Ben's original tweet is deleted.

Reply here:

https://twitter.com/malikashiqui/status/264187712200900608

Archive of the reply here:
archive.is/0ERyg

As I said, I can't find any archives of Ben Shapiro's deleted tweets. I can't say for sure what the tweets were. I can only show that some unknown tweets by @benshapiro were deleted by Ben at the same time his articles written at the behest of Paul Manafort were published.

Perhaps it's all a coincidence, but most of Ben's tweets around this time are still live. So, why did these specific tweets get deleted?

Why is there no other apparent mention of these articles by @benshapiro on Twitter?

These are questions worth asking. Again and again.

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Bonus, since @benshapiro's hypocrisy is boundless and worth pointing out.

Ben Shapiro wrote an article at Paul Manafort's urging that helped Ukraine's pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych, stay in power.

And yet...

To be clear, @benshapiro knew Paul Manafort was a Kremlin stooge. It wasn't a big secret, though some have conveniently forgotten lately.

The question, of course, is did Ben accept payment to write his propaganda? If so, did he know he was writing it at Paul Manafort's request?

We know the far right and the Kremlin have, of late, become essentially the same thing. Their talking points are often identical. It's obvious.

The question now really is...

Why hasn't Ben Shapiro filed FARA paperwork? And how many others should've done so but haven't either?

Gaslighting, mocking & belittling people with legitimate concerns & questions are all people like @benshapiro have right now. Crimes were committed. Now we're enforcing them.

Truth be told, the propagandists are absolutely terrified.

Ben knows Bob Mueller is coming.

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