The moderator of tonight's aborted Presidential TV debate has been suspended by news network CSPAN for lying about this Twitter account being hacked.
Steve Scully claimed his account had been compromised after he was spotted asking former Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci for advice on how to handle the President.
The tweet came after the President attacked Scully during a TV appearance.
Scully said: "Out of frustration, I sent a brief tweet addressed to Anthony Scaramucci."
The tweet, which it's thought Scully intended as a direct message, read: "Should I respond to Trump?"
Scully said: "The next morning when I saw that this tweet had created a new controversy, I falsely claimed that my Twitter account had been hacked.”
In a statement, CSPAN said Scully had informed them and the the Commission on Presidential Debates about his falsehood yesterday.
The statement said: "By not being immediately forthcoming to C-SPAN and the Commission about his tweet, he understands that he made a serious mistake.
"We were very saddened by this news and do not condone his actions. During his 30 years at C-SPAN, Steve consistently demonstrated his fairness and professionalism as a journalist.
"He has built a reservoir of goodwill among those he has interviewed, fellow journalists, our viewers, and with us.
"Starting immediately, we have placed Steve on administrative leave. After some distance from this episode, we believe in his ability to continue to contribute to C-SPAN."
Scully was due to moderate the debate planned for tonight between the two Presidential candidates, but was cancelled after President Trump refused to take part if it was made a 'virtual event', rather than held in person.
Instead, both he and frontrunner Joe Biden will host separate town hall events on rival TV networks at the same time.
