http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2017/11/30/it-might-be-that-i-did-a-mistake-says-the-man-who-helped-deactivate-trumps-twitter-account/

A former contractor from Germany has reportedly admitted to helping briefly deactivate President Trump's Twitter account in early November, an unprecedented mishap for the company that generated intrigue around the world.

The disclosure on the website TechCrunch generated a flurry of headlines but did little to clarify the details of how, exactly, the president's personal account was brought down for 11 minutes on Nov. 2.