Donald Trump returns to social media on Twitter competitor Gab

Donald Trump dusted off his old Gab account for a social media comeback in the wake of his purge by Silicon Valley tech giants.

In his first post to the site since 8 January, Mr Trump uploaded his lawyer’s response to demands he testifies at his second impeachment hearing next week.

Mr Trump had resorted to releasing statements from the Office of the Former President after he and his campaign presence was scrubbed from the internet by Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, Snapchat, Twitch, Shopify, Stripe, and YouTube, among others.

While his return to social media was just a repost of his lawyers’ letter, the phrasing carried the ex-president’s characteristic defiance.