The FBI is investigating a Huffington Post scribe for joking about “destroying Trump ballots” at a Washington, DC voting site, the reporter claimed.
Nick Baumann said it all began with a joke the feds didn’t find particularly amusing.
From New York Post
On Oct. 31, 2016, Baumann tweeted: “I love my job working at a voting site in washington dc destroying trump ballots.”
The next day, he said his tweet was “a joking reference” to an internet-conspiracy of a man claiming to be tearing up Trump ballots.
Days later, on Nov. 4, Baumann, a senior enterprise editor for the site, said he got a call from the FBI — but thinking it was a crank call, he never called back.
On Dec. 5, the FBI special tried again.
“The reason I’m calling is — I can’t give you too many details over the phone — we recently received some complaints regarding some online postings that were made. I don’t know if you know what that’s in reference to, but would you be willing to sit down with us for a couple minutes tomorrow morning by chance?” the agent asked, according to Baumann.
“I know this may sound ridiculous, but when we receive complaints we have to follow them up no matter what,” the federal agent added.
The meeting hasn’t taken place. But, Baumann writes, “The investigation is ongoing.”
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