House Republicans issued a new report Monday about the FBI's communication with social media companies that is sure to feature prominently in Wednesday's hearing with FBI Director Christopher Wray.
UNITED STATES - JUNE 21: Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, center, and ranking member Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., conduct the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the"Report of Special Counsel John Durham," in Rayburn Building on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The hearing, featuring testimony by John Durham, focused on the FBI's investigation into then presidential candidate Donald Trump.
At least one of the accounts flagged by SBU was a U.S. government account, run by the U.S. State Department, according to the report. Other accounts were U.S. individuals., claims that the FBI's communication with social media companies"violated the First Amendment rights of Americans."“The FBI is not permitted to demand the censorship of domestic political speech,” the Republican report stated.
Another email on March 9, in reference to a different set of requests from the SBU, was interpreted as an explicit demand by House Republicans. that"there are myriad legitimate and indeed compelling reasons the government might have to ask social media companies to remove content."What the report leaves out
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