Justice Department sought to unmask Devin Nunes parody Twitter account this year, court records show

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The Justice Department was investigating threatening messages related to a parody Twitter account that criticized Rep. Devin Nunes, in a previously unknown criminal investigation, according to federal court records made public on Monday

Twitter, in its fight to keep the user's information secret, suggested the subpoena may be part of a government attempt -- from either Nunes, a California Republican, or the Justice Department -- to unmask Nunes' critics and chill their speech. But the details of what and who were being investigated are scant and the court records don't show whether the investigation is over.

A lawyer for Twitter also revealed in the court filings that in late January -- even after Democrats had taken control of the White House and Congress -- the company thought Nunes, a Republican and Trump ally, somehow could be behind the subpoena. The next day, prosecutor Michael Friedman told Twitter's law firm that the grand jury subpoena was part of a criminal investigation into threats, the court records show.

 

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Numbnuts nunes is a parody he’s trying to pose a a congressman

'The subpoena landed after Nunes had sued Twitter and parody accounts posing as his cow and his mother'

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