Twitter staff unfairly censored Trump prior to 2020 polls - Musk

Elon Musk has admitted that Twitter employees unfairly censored and suppressed former US President Donald Trump ahead of the 2022 elections.

In his response to the claims by Tom Fitton, an American conservative activist and president of Judicial watch, Musk said there’s indeed overwhelming evidence to that effect.

“Breaking: Files show Twitter activist employees, without basis, suppressed and censored the President of the United States, @realDonaldTrump in the days before the 2020 election. This is damning evidence of election interference,” Fitton said.

To which Musk replied, “Unequivocally true. The evidence is clear and voluminous.

Trump has consistently claimed that he was robbed of victory in the 2020 polls in which Joe Biden was declared winner.

On January 6, 2021, Trump incited his supporters to storm the Capitol causing Congress to suspend proceedings to confirm the election of Joe Biden as president insisting that he had won.

Several security officers were injured in the ensuing melee while three other people died from medical emergencies that arose during the riot.

Speaking at a rally just before the violence, Trump urged his supporters to “come to Washington for save America march” telling them to “be there, will be wild!” 

He would later be suspended from Twitter over the violence and for spreading false news about the elections until November 20 this year when Musk reactivated his account after a Twitter poll showed users wanted him back.

The former president, however, said he had no interest in returning as a slim majority of Twitter users voted in favour of reinstatement.  

Trump, who on November 15 announced he will run again for the White House in 2024, faces a series of investigations and lawsuits including over the Capitol violence.