<p class="speakable">Twitter CEO Elon Musk and independent journalist Michael Shellenberger have released another installment of internal files from Twitter with this latest batch highlighting the chaos within the company on the day after the January 6 Capitol Hill riot.</p>
<p>"The Removal of Donald Trump: January 7," author Shellenberger <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1601720455005511680?s=20&t=whUhijJAKhUC4BQepBBm1w" _mce_href="https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1601720455005511680?s=20&t=whUhijJAKhUC4BQepBBm1w" target="_blank">posted Saturday night </a>as part of a larger thread. "As the pressure builds, Twitter executives build the case for a permanent ban."</p>
<p>"On Jan 7, senior Twitter execs: – create justifications to ban Trump – seek a change of policy for Trump alone, distinct from other political leaders – express no concern for the free speech or democracy implications of a ban This #TwitterFiles is reported with @lwoodhouse," the first post read.</p>
<p>Shellenberger's thread starts off by showing how Twitter employees had <a href="https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1601722214507638784?s=20&t=p-RmlNvPh_cpxZ75oZ0leA" _mce_href="https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1601722214507638784?s=20&t=p-RmlNvPh_cpxZ75oZ0leA" target="_blank">previously resisted</a> calls to ban Trump from the platform but then outlined how they went about pushing for just that in response to public pressure.</p>