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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Oliver Milman

Trump campaign worked with Musk’s X to keep leaked JD Vance file off platform

a man jumps on stage as another man looks on
The X owner, Elon Musk, reacts next to Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on 5 October. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign worked with X to prevent information about JD Vance from being posted on the social media platform, a move that resulted in the journalist who revealed the information being kicked off the site, according to reports.

The former president’s team contacted X, owned by the billionaire Trump backer Elon Musk, about a 271-page document compiled by his campaign to vet his running mate that was linked to by Ken Klippenstein, an independent journalist, the New York Times has reported.

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