The accounts appeared to be designed to specifically spread misinformation in the 2020 elections, a source familiar with Twitter's decision told BuzzFeed News.
to discredit special counsel Robert Mueller, was suspended from Twitter on Tuesday for operating fake accounts.
On Tuesday, his account was permanently shutdown for"specifically creating and operating fake accounts," a Twitter spokesperson told BuzzFeed News. Wohl did not immediately respond to multiple requests for comment from BuzzFeed News. But in an interviewTuesday, Wohl admitted to operating the account @Women_4_Schultz, which championed presidential hopeful and former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz.
He also told USA Today that the accuracy of the information he spreads is"not the important part" — only that it goes far and wide.