‘Episode 2’: Elon Musk to drop another Biden ‘Twitter Files’ bomb

Elon Musk is going to reveal bombshell information that will rock US politics within hours as his takeover of Twitter descends into chaos.

Elon Musk has teased at leaking confidential documents that offer an explosive look at how Twitter handled top secret files.

The Twitter CEO rocked the platform yesterday after sharing top secret files showing Joe Biden’s team instructed Twitter employees to remove specific political content in October 2020, just weeks before he was elected US president.

Journalist Matt Taibbi shared the tweets in a viral thread on Saturday morning.

The thread included screenshots of emails revealing that Twitter employees deliberately suspended, banned or censored users who commented on the controversy surrounding the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop.

In a follow up Tweet on Saturday, Musk teased that there would be more bombshell documents released today, dubbed the Twitter Files “episode 2”.

Elon Musk has vowed to turn Twitter into a bastion of free speech. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris

“What you’re about to read is the first installment in a series, based upon thousands of internal documents obtained by sources at Twitter,” Mr Taibbi stated.

The journalist said that as a social media app, Twitter has regressed from a platform that encouraged free expression, to a “tool for controlling speech”.

“Slowly, over time, Twitter staff and executives began to find more and more uses for these tools,” he added.

“Outsiders began petitioning the company to manipulate speech as well: first a little, then more often, then constantly.”

Elon Musk teased at dropping some new bombshell information later today. Picture: Twitter

Musk’s first round of his “Twitter Files” exposed documents which suggest that on at least one occasion Joe Biden’s team instructed Twitter employees to remove specific political content.

Musk later confirmed the Biden’s team involvement.

“More to review from the Biden team,” a redacted email from a Twitter employee read.

The message contained five tweet URLs, followed by a “thanks all” – which another employee replied with “handled these”.

The first round of the "Twitter Files" was released yesterday. Picture: Twitter

Journalist Matt Taibbi unveiled the bombshell information on his Twitter profile. Picture: Twitter

“Twitter took extraordinary steps to suppress the story, removing links and posting warnings that it may be ‘unsafe.’” Taibbi said.

“They even blocked its transmission via direct message, a tool hitherto reserved for extreme cases, e.g. child pornography.”

In another instance, the then-White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was reportedly locked out of her Twitter account for sharing content about the Hunter Biden controversy.

“This led public policy executive Caroline Strom to send out a polite WTF query,” Taibbi continued.

“Several employees noted that there was tension between the comms/policy teams, who had little/less control over moderation, and the safety/trust teams.”

The contents on Hunter Biden's laptop sparked controversy in 2020. Picture: Getty

The New York Post initially broke the story in October this year, after the then president elect’s son. Hunter Biden, had his laptop taken to a computer repair shop in his home state of Delaware in April 2019.

The laptop itself reportedly included thousands of emails between Hunter Biden and his business partners.

The exact contents of the portable drive originating from Hunter Biden’s Macbook Pro are not fully known.

But the New York Post reported in October 2020 that one message, from April 2015, allegedly shows a Burisma board member thanking Hunter for setting up a meeting with President Biden.