Crickets from Twitter as Trump promotes conspiracy theory accusing Joe Scarborough of killing intern

Twitter has nothing to say in response to calls for the social media giant to address President Trump's promotion of a debunked conspiracy about MSNBC host Joe Scarborough.

Trump has sent a flurry of tweets over the past several days calling for an investigation into Scarborough, who has become a vocal critic of the president, tying the Morning Joe co-host to the death of an intern in his office while he was a Republican congressman in Florida. People from both sides of the aisle have condemned the tweets.

Lori Klausutis, 28, was an intern for Scarborough, who was a GOP lawmaker representing Florida's 1st District from 1995 to 2001, when she was found dead in Scarborough’s district office in Okaloosa County, Florida, in July 2001. Her death was ruled accidental, and the medical examiner concluded that she had an abnormal heart rhythm. She lost consciousness in the office and fell and hit her head on the desk, which led to her death.

Still, after Trump's once-warm relationship with Scarborough and now-wife and fellow Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski went sour, he began sharing the conspiracy theory in a November 2017 tweet in which he referred to Klausutis's death as an "unsolved mystery" and urged for unspecified people to "investigate!" Trump again began spreading the conspiracy theory this month, calling on Comcast to investigate. Comcast owns NBCUniversal, which includes MSNBC. He has been sharing posts about it ever since.

After the president tweeted about there being a "cold case," Brzezinski called Trump a "sick person" for repeating the conspiracy. On Wednesday, she tweeted, "I will be reaching out to head of twitter about their policies being violated every day by President Trump. Hope my call is taken."

Twitter has not responded to the Washington Examiner‘s repeated requests for comment on the matter, but a company spokeswoman did tell CNN, "We have nothing to share at this time."

Last year, Twitter released a policy claiming that it would put a disclaimer on tweets from world leaders that violated its user terms, rather than freezing the account or censoring the tweet as would happen with other users. Trump has not yet been hit by the label. Users have previously asked for Twitter to remove the president from the platform, including California Sen. Kamala Harris, but no action has been taken to crack down on Trump's account, which has more than 80 million followers.

Scarborough has vehemently denied any involvement in her death. In a letter to Variety Fair in 2005, the former congressman and television host said he had only met Klausutis three times and was never alone with her. He also denied he resigned from Congress because of her death, as he announced his resignation in May 2001, and she died months later.

Mike Brest contributed to this report.