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Reddit user “stonetear” appears to be a username used by Paul Combetta,
the tech specialist with Platte River Networks who ultimately deleted Clinton’s emails
and reportedly has received immunity from the Justice Department.
Reddit users typically do not link real names to their accounts,
but the website Etsy shows the profile “stonetear,” created in 2011, is registered to the name Paul Combetta.
The email address stonetear@gmail.com is also linked to Combetta’s name
and the domain name combetta.com is registered under that email.
The connections have caught the attention of Capitol Hill.
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., told The Hill
that the House oversight committee is now reviewing the Reddit posts.
The “stonetear” Reddit user frequently asked for and gave tech advice regarding servers over the years.
On Monday, as users on Reddit uncovered the old comments asking for tech advice,
user “stonetear” began deleting every one of his comments and posts
but not before other Reddit users managed to archive them using the website “archive.is,”
which allows anyone to archive a webpage
(the archived page is then hosted on archive.is indefinitely, even if someone later deletes or alters the original.)
On Monday morning, one Reddit poster wrote
“He's actually deleting his comments in real tim[e] right here.”
Another made a video
of the comments being deleted on the screen as he refreshed the page.
Reddit user “stonetear” appears to be a username used by Paul Combetta,
the tech specialist with Platte River Networks who ultimately deleted Clinton’s emails
and reportedly has received immunity from the Justice Department.
Reddit users typically do not link real names to their accounts,
but the website Etsy shows the profile “stonetear,” created in 2011, is registered to the name Paul Combetta.
The email address stonetear@gmail.com is also linked to Combetta’s name
and the domain name combetta.com is registered under that email.
The connections have caught the attention of Capitol Hill.
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., told The Hill
that the House oversight committee is now reviewing the Reddit posts.
The “stonetear” Reddit user frequently asked for and gave tech advice regarding servers over the years.
On Monday, as users on Reddit uncovered the old comments asking for tech advice,
user “stonetear” began deleting every one of his comments and posts
but not before other Reddit users managed to archive them using the website “archive.is,”
which allows anyone to archive a webpage
(the archived page is then hosted on archive.is indefinitely, even if someone later deletes or alters the original.)
On Monday morning, one Reddit poster wrote
“He's actually deleting his comments in real tim[e] right here.”
Another made a video
of the comments being deleted on the screen as he refreshed the page.
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