Rudy Giuliani was briefly locked out of Twitter after he posted the phone number of a key adviser to Ukraine's president

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• US President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was temporarily locked out of his Twitter account on Thursday after he shared texts that revealed the phone number of an adviser to Ukraine's president.
• Twitter told The Verge that Giuliani had violated Twitter's rules by sharing personal information.
• Giuliani has been sharing texts between him and State Department and Ukrainian officials on Twitter and on TV appearances as he mounts his defense of Trump's — and his own — dealings with Ukraine amid an impeachment inquiry.
• Giuliani has emerged as a central figure in the scandal over Trump asking Ukraine's president to investigate Joe Biden, and he has drawn the ire of some White House officials for his communications with Ukraine.
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Rudy Giuliani, US President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, was briefly locked out of Twitter on Thursday after he posted the phone number of a key adviser to Ukraine's president.

A Twitter spokesperson told The Verge that Giuliani's tweets shared private information, violating Twitter's rules because he did not censor the official's phone number.

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