Justice Dept. official banned from Twitter after calling CNN ‘petty’

Published July 19, 2016 4:15pm ET



The Obama administration’s Justice Department on Tuesday banned one of its officials from Twitter after the official mocked CNN in a tweet that called the network “petty” for writing about claims that Melania Trump’s convention speech stole from a 2008 speech by Michelle Obama.

Justice released a statement about the incident Tuesday afternoon, but refused to name the official who tweeted. The department also refused to explain why the official would not be named.

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