Donald Trump campaign manager shared posts in 2021 saying Trump’s lies caused the violence on January 6 | CNN Politics
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In the immediate aftermath of the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, a number of conservatives and Republicans broke ranks with then-President Donald Trump and blamed him for the violence that day. Among them was Trump’s current campaign manager, Chris LaCivita.
  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    512·
    2 months ago

    Some of those posts have since been deleted from LaCivita’s feed, but CNN was able to review them on the Internet Archive WayBack Machine, which archives internet webpages.

    That’s interesting, since the Internet Archive has been the subject of a few hacks in the last few weeks…

    • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.socialEnglish
      72·
      2 months ago

      Are suggesting Trump’s campaign has anyone competent enough to hack the Internet Archive in an attempt to remove material from years ago? Or are you saying that maybe someone hacked the Internet Archive to plant creditable sounding comments about Trump’s campaign staff?

      Maybe I’m way off though, and you’re not trying to create a new conspiracy theory and just forgot to finish your sentence.

      • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
        161·
        2 months ago

        Sorry, I thought it was obvious that Trump’s campaign is getting all sorts of foreign help, including state-level actors that might object to organizations that keep evidence the campaign is trying to stuff down the memory hole …

        • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.socialEnglish
          4·
          2 months ago

          The man is dropping recorded in real time reports of how he wants to overthrow democracy, why would anyone waste time trying to locate and edit Trump campaign staff previous statements. And messing with the Internet Archive would be a waste of resources for Putin, or any foreign state, as things are batshit crazy everyday in the present, why mess with obscure quotes from people nobody knows and have no impact on anything?

          • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            2 months ago

            You say that and your arguments make sense, but nevertheless somebody is trying to mess with the Internet Archive.

      • sudo@lemmy.today
        31·
        2 months ago

        Not to indicate the veracity of any conspiracy claims… Just pointing out that putin is an internal part of trumps campaign.