The twitter user @RichardGrenell — long known as one of the most noxious trolls on twitter — is, in fact, and I have evidence to support this charge, working for the US govt as its ambassador to Germany/2
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My suspicion is that the ambassador had escaped detection largely because the press and public had blocked his online persona.
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This revelation has global implications, as the real life ambassador Grinell is now being threatened with expulsion by German lawmakers. Had the admin been aware of his online persona, it is inconceivable he would have been named to a post that required diplomacy
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Many people are asking how I landed such an explosive scoop. I will admit, when I was first tipped to the possibility that twitter troll
@RichardGrenell was in fact working as an ambassador, it seemed so outlandish as to not be worth even exploring....Show this thread -
But a recent interview he gave to Breitbart, in which he suggested that as ambassador to Germany he would work to boost far right parties, was a significant clue. From there it took some digging, but here we are.
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You wouldn't understand it, super sophisticated stuff
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