CNN reported Monday that Republicans used coded Twitter messages to share information before the midterm election to avoid election laws that bar coordination between party committees and outside groups.
The organizations involved, which included the American Action Network, American Crossroads and the National Republican Congressional Committee, posted internal polling data for House races in the months leading up to November's mid-term elections, according to a source with knowledge of the activities. The tweets were written in a shorthand that would look like gibberish to most observers without knowledge of how to decode the information, the source said.
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A pollster who reviewed the tweets said the code appears to reference the state of the race, top line numbers for the race, the date and the district number.
The accounts CNN reviewed, @Brunogianelli44 and @TruthTrain14, were deleted moments after we contacted the NRCC with questions.
But before that, CNN captured screenshots of the tweets dating back to July, which we're providing here in full for the first time.