Lawmakers have reportedly asked Twitter for details of the shadowy account that circulated a controversial video of students from Covington Catholic High School and their encounter with a Native American activist near the Lincoln Memorial. The @2020fight account reportedly used a photo of Nah Cardoso, a Brazilian social media star. COVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT'S MOM SPEAKS OUT ABOUT VIRAL VIDEO ENCOUNTERCNN reports that the @2020fight account was set up in December 2016 and listed a description of “Teacher and advocate” in its Twitter bio. The @2020fight account had significant mentions before the posting of the video of the Covington students, according to social media specialist Storyful. There were more than 6,000 mentions of the account on Twitter between Jan. 10 and Jan. 17.
Source: Fox News January 23, 2019 20:35 UTC