WATCH: House GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy condemns FBI for 'weaponizing' businesses against citizens
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy criticized the Federal Bureau of Investigation for “weaponizing” social media against citizens after a recent “Twitter Files” dump revealed “constant and pervasive" communications between the Big Tech company and the agency.
“It’s what we feared. But it’s even worse,” McCarthy said, particularly with “government weaponizing businesses to go around the Constitution, to go after Americans [and] never giving that information.” McCarthy, who is running to take the speaker’s gavel in January as Republicans take over the House, said there are plans to subpoena all 51 officers.
“We cannot delay. We [must] make sure that we can start on day one with the subpoenas and get the answers,” he told the hosts.
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