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C-SPAN Suspends Debate Moderator For Lying About Twitter Hack

Eric Quintanar
C-SPAN Suspends Debate Moderator For Lying About Twitter Hack
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C-SPAN Political Editor Steve Scully has been indefinitely suspended from the network for falsely claiming his Twitter account had been hacked following a public interaction with Anthony Scaramucci on the social media website about President Donald Trump.

Scully, the moderator of the since-canceled second Trump-Biden presidential debate, told C-SPAN that he had lied about the supposed hacking attempt on Wednesday evening, according to a statement from the network.

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