A House committee on Monday subpoenaed Nina Jancowicz, the former executive director of the Department of Homeland Security's now-dissolved Disinformation Governance Board.
A House committee on Monday subpoenaed Nina Jancowicz, the former executive director of the Department of Homeland Security'sThe subpoena is part of a House Judiciary select subcommittee's investigation into the alleged "weaponization" of the federal government, and the short-lived board has been held up by conservative critics as a prime example of that phenomenon.Rep.
in December, Jordan wrote that the disinformation board was an "an anti-democratic and un-American attempt to establish a de facto Ministry of Truth within the federal government." The board, which had a stated goal to "coordinate countering misinformation related to homeland security," was launched last April, but it was scuttled and Jankowicz resigned weeks later amid backlash.
Jordan said Monday he is seeking information on Jankowicz's "official actions and duties" as a DHS official, how the Board planned to define "disinformation," and its planned methods for gathering information, combating disinformation and protecting First Amendment rights.Jordan also subpoenaed two former National School Boards Association officials who pressed for a federal response to threats towards school boards in 2021.
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