Twitter permanently suspends Donald Trump’s account

It finally happened. Twitter suspended the account of Donald Trump. 

Permanently. 

“After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” announced Twitter.

The permanent ban follows the storming of the U.S. Capitol building by pro-Trump extremists, and action that led to five deaths. 

As the siege was ongoing and in its immediate aftermath, Twitter took the action of hiding three Trump tweets and demanding their removal. 

Trump eventually complied — leading to the removal of the temporary lock on his account. 

We’ve reached out to Twitter for any additional context around the ban, however a spokesperson simply pointed us back toward the above thread from @TwitterSafety.

This story is developing.