Russian bots on Twitter retweeted President Trump hundreds of thousands of times during the last months of his presidential campaign, Twitter told Congress.
The company revealed to lawmakers on Thursday that the Russian-linked accounts had retweeted Trump nearly 470,000 times from Sept. 1 to Nov. 15, 2016. The accounts retweeted Hillary Clinton less than 50,000 times during the same timeframe.
Trump has been prolific on Twitter throughout his campaign and into his time in office, using the platform to announce new policies and respond to reports about his administration.
The documents featuring the figures were posted by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday.
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Russian bots retweeted Trump nearly 500,000 times in last months of election https://t.co/EMBImiRzoK pic.twitter.com/NR1yVmi4OC
— The Hill (@thehill) January 27, 2018
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