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Twitter Apologizes Over Trump’s Scarborough ‘Cold Case’ Tweets But Won’t Remove Them Or The President’s Account

Emily Zanotti
Twitter Apologizes Over Trump’s Scarborough ‘Cold Case’ Tweets But Won’t Remove Them Or The President’s Account
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A Twitter spokesperson apologized to the family of a Florida woman whom President Donald Trump suggested was murdered on the social media network over the weekend, with the president laying the blame on MSNBC host and former Congressman, Joe Scarborough — but the platform says they will not remove Trump’s tweets or his account over the matter.

Lori Klausutis, NBC News reports, died as a result of a heart condition that caused her to collapse and hit her head while she was working for Scarborough in 2001. Her death was not ruled a homicide, but President Donald Trump suggested without evidence, in a series of tweets issued over the last week, that Klausutis may have had an affair with the former Congressman, and that he may be connected to her “cold case” murder.

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