Rep. Schiff Pressured Twitter to Ban Journalist, New Messages Show

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) looks on during a hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 Capitol breach on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 16, 2022. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

A top Democrat pressured Twitter to ban a journalist from the social media platform, according to newly released messages.

Rep. Adam Schiff’s (D-Calif.) office pressured Twitter in 2020 to suspend investigative journalist Paul Sperry’s account, the messages show.