GOP CONVENTION | Justice Department yanks errant tweet

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Justice Department has removed from its Twitter account a tweet that linked to news coverage of Melania Trump and described CNN as the "biggest troll of them all."

The tweet was pulled this morning soon after it surfaced.

The department said a staffer in its public affairs office erroneously sent an "inappropriate" message using the department's official Twitter account that had been intended for a personal account. The staffer's access to the department's social media accounts has been revoked.

The message included a link to a CNN story about allegations that Melania Trump had plagiarized sections of her Monday night Republican National Convention speech from a 2008 convention speech by Michelle Obama.

The tweet said: "CNN is the biggest troll of them all" and included the hashtag, "petty."