The Department of Justice (DOJ) indicated that special counsel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/david-weiss">David Weiss</a> will soon be allowed to testify to Congress about his investigation of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a>, the son of the president.
Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte sent a letter on Friday telling the House Judiciary Committee that the DOJ &#8220;reaffirms its commitment&#8221; to make Weiss available to appear in &#8220;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/25/doj-hunter-biden-prosecutor-can-testify-to-house-gop-panel.html">near term</a>&#8221; and offered to make the U.S. attorneys in California and Washington, D.C., available for testimony.
Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) had requested the DOJ make Weiss, a U.S. attorney from Delaware, free for a transcribed interview on October 11. It was one of <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-09-18-jdj-to-garland-re-doc-request.pdf">several demands in Jordan&#8217;s letter</a>, which sought information on the authority Weiss had to bring charges. The DOJ <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/07/24/doj-allows-hunter-biden-prosecutor-to-testify-before-congress-on-alleged-coverup/">previously said</a> in July that it was prepared to let Weiss testify, but then a plea deal in the case fell apart.
&#8220;The volume and requested pace of the Committee’s proposed schedule far exceeds the Department’s resources, especially in light of the Committee’s other pending requests and subpoenas to the Department on other topics,” Uriarte said in his new letter.
&#8220;We remain committed to providing information voluntarily, without unnecessary escalation,&#8221; Uriarte wrote, adding, &#8220;However, any additional testimony and documents shared at this early juncture must continue to be appropriately limited to protect the ongoing matter and important confidentiality interests.&#8221;
Uriarte did not make clear when exactly Weiss is free to testify, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/25/doj-hunter-biden-prosecutor-can-testify-to-house-gop-panel.html">according to CNBC</a>, although Jordan told Fox News over the weekend that Weiss had agreed to appear before his committee on October 18. &#8220;We look forward to that,&#8221; he added.
The Daily Wire reached out to the special counsel&#8217;s office seeking comment.
After the plea deal collapsed under scrutiny from a judge, Attorney General Merrick Garland <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/appointment-special-counsel-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">granted</a> Weiss special counsel status in August, giving the U.S. attorney broader authority to bring charges outside of his own district.
Hunter Biden was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-indicted-on-gun-charges">charged</a> on federal gun charges earlier this month, after which his lawyer said his client <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-to-plead-not-guilty-to-federal-gun-charges-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">planned to plead not guilty</a>. The first son may also soon face an indictment on tax evasion charges.
During testimony before the House Judiciary Committee last week, Garland insisted that Weiss always had latitude to bring any charges he saw fit, but the attorney general acknowledged other U.S. attorneys could <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1704531213174640800">refuse</a> to partner with Weiss — as has been alleged in <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/fourth-irs-official-confirms-declined-hunter-biden-case">whistleblower testimony</a> with regards to D.C. and California.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-schedules-first-biden-impeachment-hearing">facing an impeachment inquiry</a> on allegations of corruption. The House Oversight Committee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-schedules-first-biden-impeachment-hearing">scheduled</a> its first impeachment hearing to take place on Thursday.

Hunter Biden

DOJ Clears Hunter Biden Prosecutor For Testimony In ‘Near Term’

DOJ Clears Hunter Biden Prosecutor For Testimony In 'Near Term'

Congress

David Weiss

Department of Justice

Jim Jordan

U.S.

A former senior FBI official told House lawmakers the bureau conducted an internal audit after losing track of how many informants and other sources were involved in the January 6 U.S. Capitol breach.
Steven D&#8217;Antuono, former assistant director-in-charge of the Washington Field Office, told the House Judiciary Committee during a closed-door testimony in June that his office learned there had been confidential human sources (CHS) from various field offices, as well as other informants who went to the nation&#8217;s Capitol on their own accord, according to a Tuesday <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-09-19-jdj-to-wray-re-chs-follow-up.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> sent to FBI Director Christopher Wray about the bureau&#8217;s use of confidential sources.
When asked by Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) during a hearing on June 7, 2023, if D&#8217;Antuono knew about the sources and that the FBI knew ahead of time they would be present among the crowd of thousands of protestors, he responded with &#8220;that is my belief, yeah.&#8221;
&#8220;D&#8217;Antuono explained that due to the large number of CHSs present at the Capitol, the [Washington Field Office] asked FBI Headquarters &#8216;to do a poll or put out something to people saying w[ere] any CHSs involved&#8217; so the FBI could try to ascertain how many CHSs had been in attendance,&#8221; the letter reads.
D&#8217;Antuono said his office &#8220;started getting responses back&#8221; after contacting the bureau&#8217;s headquarters.
The committee disclosed one example from D&#8217;Antuono, who recalled that a source from the Kansas City Field Office had allegedly been in contact with his &#8220;handler&#8221; while &#8220;they were in the crowd, I think, saying that they were going in. They were trying to stop some of the action happening, and they left or whatnot.&#8221;
&#8220;This new information is extremely concerning,&#8221; Jordan wrote in the letter. &#8220;It suggests that the FBI cannot adequately track the activities and operations of its informants, and that it lost control of its CHSs present at the Capitol on January 6.&#8221;
&#8220;These revelations reinforce existing concerns, identified by Special Counsel Durham, about the FBI&#8217;s use of, and payment to, CHSs who have fabricated evidence and misrepresented information,&#8221; he added.
A spokesperson from the FBI National Press Office declined to comment when asked about the testimony by The Daily Wire.
House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/sep/19/steven-dantuono-fbi-ex-official-confirms-lawmakers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Washington Times that the FBI&#8217;s alleged involvement in the Capitol breach could have likely contributed to the events unfolding that day.
&#8220;They just knew or should have known that what was going on, and one or more of those people in order to keep their cover, could well have been part of the reason that this got so far out of hand,&#8221; Issa said. &#8220;Because the FBI won&#8217;t admit that they had 20,30 or 40 individuals on their payroll and or informants, they also certainly won&#8217;t admit how many came into the Capitol, or how many who participated in some way in promoting this illegal activity.&#8221;
House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland during a hearing on Wednesday how many agents and assets were present on January 5 and January 6.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know the answer to that question,&#8221; Garland responded.
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MASSIE: “How many agents or assets of the government were present on January 5th and January 6th.. Can you answer that now?”
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Speculation over the number of FBI informants present during the Capitol breach comes as the Department of Justice has charged more than 1,100 people with January 6-related federal crimes — of which over 650 have pleaded guilty, more than 600 sentenced, and half received terms ranging from three days to 22 years.
Former FBI official George Hill, who worked as a supervisory intelligence analyst for the Boston Field Office, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-fbi-official-tells-house-republicans-bureau-denied-agents-j6-riot-footage-to-protect-assets-informants-present-at-u-s-capitol" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> earlier this year the bureau denied his office&#8217;s agents access to 11,000 hours of U.S. Capitol video footage on January 6 out of fear that it would reveal the identities of possible undercover officers and confidential informants present that day.
Former Capitol Hill Police Chief Steven Sund said the FBI had at least 18 undercover agents in the January 6 crowd, in addition to the paid informants, and another estimated 20 authorities from the Department of Homeland Security, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/09/19/fbi-lost-count-of-number-of-informants-at-capitol-on-jan-6-ex-official/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The New York Post.
The outlet reported the bureau spends an average of $42 million annually in payments to its Confidential Human Sources, according to the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General.
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) asked FBI Director Christopher Wray at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing last year if the bureau had any confidential human sources dressed as Trump supporters during the Capitol riot.
Wray stonewalled the direct question and denied FBI informants were in the crowd on January 6.
&#8220;To the extent that there&#8217;s a suggestion, for example, that the FBI&#8217;s confidential human sources or FBI employees in some way instigated or orchestrated January 6, that&#8217;s categorically false.&#8221;

Trump supporters storm Capitol building in Washington

Former FBI Official Says Bureau Lost Track Of How Many Sources, Other Informants Were Involved In Capitol Breach

Former FBI Senior Official Says Bureau Lost Track Of How Many Sources, Other Informants Were Involved In Capitol Breach

Capitol Riot

Christopher Wray

January 6

Merrick Garland

U.S. House of Representatives

Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) subpoenaed an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> agent accused of coordinating suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story after the Justice Department prevented the agent from appearing for a transcribed interview with lawmakers. 
Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued a subpoena on Friday to Elvis Chan, an FBI agent based in San Francisco, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/facebook-docs-reveal-fbi-agent-made-completely-false-congressional-statements-involving-hunter-biden-laptop-jordan-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Republicans say</a> was “the main conduit” between the bureau’s Foreign Influence Task Force and Big Tech companies to suppress the story of Hunter&#8217;s scandalous laptop in the weeks before the 2020 presidential election.
&#8220;The Committee on the Judiciary is conducting oversight of how and to what extent the Executive Branch has coerced and colluded with companies and other intermediaries to censor speech,&#8221; Jordan <a href="https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2023-09/2023-09-15-jdj-to-chan-re-subpoena-cover-letter.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a letter to Chan. &#8220;As the primary liaison between the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF) and social media companies, you are uniquely positioned to aid the Committee’s oversight.&#8221;
Chan previously told lawmakers that the FBI had not communicated with Facebook outside of a meeting that occurred the same day the New York Post published the Biden laptop article on October 14, 2020. But according to the Jordan, Chan was involved in a “secret ‘follow up’ call” with the social media giant the next day, allegedly contradicting a claim he made during a November 2022 deposition in the government censorship case Missouri v. Biden.
The federal agent also spoke with a Facebook employee that same day, who said, “Chan advised that he was up to speed on the current state of the matter within the FBI.” Chan also told the social media platform that “there was no current evidence to suggest any foreign connection … of the leaks,” according to the documents released by Jordan.
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In the letter, Jordan referenced the increasing evidence showing coordination between the White House and social media companies to suppress conservative content, outside of the Post&#8217;s story on Hunter&#8217;s laptop.
“Numerous documents that have been made publicly available reflect the weaponization of the federal government’s power to censor speech online directly and by proxy. It is necessary for Congress to gauge the extent to which FBI agents coerced, pressured, worked with, or relied upon social media and other tech companies to censor speech,” Jordan wrote. 
Documents released by Congress last month <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-pressured-fb-to-suppress-daily-wire-content-push-users-to-legacy-outlets-newly-released-docs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">show</a> that a White House official asked Facebook to promote legacy outlets and stifle The Daily Wire’s reach in order to accomplish the administration’s directives on suppressing content that clashed with its COVID vaccine agenda.

House Republican Conference Spet 14

Jordan Subpoenas FBI Agent Accused Of Coordinating Suppression Of Hunter Biden Laptop Story

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New York Post

Politics

House Judiciary Committee Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) announced on Thursday that his panel is investigating alleged prosecutorial misconduct in special counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s documents case against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> and two of his aides.
A <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-09-07-jdj-to-smith-re-woodward-allegations_0.pdf">letter</a> sent to Smith on Thursday cites media reports about allegations that Jay Bratt, a senior prosecutor involved in the special counsel&#8217;s inquiry, used &#8220;abusive&#8221; tactics. Jordan specifically raised concerns about Bratt allegedly bringing up a <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/lawyer-witness-trump-docs-probe-alleges-prosecutorial-misconduct-rcna88472">judgeship application</a> in an attempt to improperly pressure a lawyer for Trump&#8217;s associate and co-defendant Walter Nauta. In addition, the chairman noted that Bratt later filed a motion alleging <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/us/politics/trump-charges-lawyer-conflicts.html">conflicts of interest</a> involving the same lawyer, Stanley Woodward.
&#8220;The Department’s mission is to ensure impartial justice by upholding the rule of law, requiring all Department employees — including Mr. Bratt — to maintain the highest standards of ethical conduct,&#8221; Jordan wrote. &#8220;Mr. Bratt’s attempt to bully Mr. Nauta in cooperating, first by extorting his attorney and then by alleging a conflict of interest that precludes his attorney from the case, seriously calls into question your team and your ability to remain impartial and uphold the Department’s mission.&#8221;
The chairman demanded various documents and records related to Woodward, his representation of Nauta and others, as well as his application to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. A deadline of 5 p.m. on September 21 was given.
Peter Carr, a spokesperson for the special counsel, told The Daily Wire that Smith&#8217;s team declined to comment when asked about the letter.
Tom Fitton, president of the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, reacted to the letter by <a href="https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1699896009109979310">posting to X</a>, &#8220;Prosecutorial misconduct at the heart of the Biden DOJ abuse of Trump.&#8221; Mike Davis, founder of the Article III Project and former chief counsel for nominations to then-Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), cheered Jordan on, <a href="https://twitter.com/mrddmia/status/1699893153158050012">saying</a>, &#8220;End [President Joe] Biden’s lawfare and blatant election interference.&#8221;
National security attorney Bradley Moss took a different point of view. &#8220;There is a real and serious need for congressional committees to conduct oversight of DOJ,&#8221; Moss <a href="https://twitter.com/BradMossEsq/status/1699888962343686409">said</a>. &#8220;This is not that. It’s a blatant political stunt designed only to protect the former president. The tactics allegedly employed are the type &#8216;law and order&#8217; conservatives normally love.&#8221;
Jordan&#8217;s new letter follows a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jordan-demands-details-on-wh-counsels-meeting-with-jack-smith-aide-fbi-agent-ahead-of-trump-indictment">demand last month</a> for the Biden administration to provide details about Bratt meeting with White House officials in the weeks leading up to Trump getting indicted. The chairman set a deadline of September 12 for that matter.
Trump and Nauta have been charged on claims including that they <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-personal-aide-plead-not-guilty-to-new-charges-in-us-documents-superseding-indictment">schemed to hide</a> classified documents from federal authorities and conspired to obstruct justice. They have pleaded not guilty, as has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mar-a-lago-property-manager-pleads-not-guilty-in-trump-documents-case">Carlos De Oliveira</a>, a property manager at the former president&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida who was added as a co-defendant in a superseding indictment.
Woodward revealed in a court filing that his former client, Mar-a-Lago IT worker Yuscil Taveras, agreed to testify in the case in exchange for not being prosecuted, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/06/politics/mar-a-lago-it-worker/index.html?utm_source=twCNNp&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_term=link&amp;utm_content=2023-09-06T19%3A00%3A06">reported</a> on Wednesday. The report also said Woodward claimed in the filing that he &#8220;played no role&#8221; in the cooperation and asked the judge not to allow Taveras to testify in any future trial.
Trump faces charges in three other matters, including a 2020 election case also brought by Smith. He has broadly denied any wrongdoing and says he is the victim of a &#8220;witch hunt&#8221; as he runs a 2024 campaign for another term in the White House. The trial in Smith’s documents case is set to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-trial-date-documents-case-may-20-2024/">begin on May 20 in Florida</a>.

Jordan Investigates Trump Special Counsel Prosecutor Over ‘Abusive’ Tactics

Jordan Investigates Trump Special Counsel Prosecutor Over 'Abusive' Tactics

Donald Trump

Jack Smith

House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan demanded on Tuesday that the Biden Administration disclose details about its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-counsels-office-met-with-top-aide-for-jack-smith-fbi-agent-weeks-before-trump-indictment-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meeting</a> with Special Counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s office and an FBI agent two months before Smith indicted former President Donald Trump in the classified documents case.
&#8220;This new information raises serious concerns regarding the potential for a coordinated effort between the Department and the White House to investigate and prosecute President Biden&#8217;s political opponents,&#8221; Jordan wrote in a duplicated <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-08-29-jdj-to-zients-re-bratt-wh-meetings.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to Attorney General Merrick Garland and White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients.
Smith indicted Trump on June 8 in the classified documents case that the Justice Department had appointed him to oversee as special counsel. The visitor logs don&#8217;t provide details about the meeting between Smith&#8217;s aide, the White House counsel&#8217;s office, and the FBI. Trump pleaded not guilty to 40 counts relating to his handling of classified documents seized during the FBI raid of Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on August 8, 2022.
Smith&#8217;s top aide, Jay Bratt, met with Caroline Seba, deputy chief of staff for the White House counsel&#8217;s office, on March 31, according to White House visitor logs — as first reported by The New York Post. Danielle Ray, an FBI agent in the Washington, D.C., field office, also joined Bratt and Seba at the meeting.
A spokesman for the special counsel told the Post that Bratt was at the White House for a &#8220;case-related interview,&#8221; and the FBI declined to comment on the meeting.
Bratt also reportedly met with an advisor to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain in September 2021 and a second time two months later with other Biden officials related to &#8220;national security,&#8221; according to Jordan&#8217;s letter.
Jordan requested federal authorities disclose all relevant documents on Bratt&#8217;s three known meetings or other visits to the White House or the Executive Office of the President&#8221; and those &#8220;between the Executive Office of the President and the Department of Justice referring or relating to the investigation and/or prosecutions of Special Counsel Jack Smith.&#8221;
Two months before the August FBI raid on Trump&#8217;s Florida compound, Bratt reportedly visited and interacted with the former president.
According to The Washington Post, Bratt then pushed for a warrant for the unannounced raid on Trump&#8217;s property. Bratt&#8217;s temper flared during the meeting when he told FBI agents they could no longer trust the former president or his lawyers.
Bratt allegedly also &#8220;improperly pressured&#8221; a lawyer representing a Trump employee &#8220;to induce the lawyer’s client to cooperate with the Department’s prosecution&#8221; of the former president, according to the letter.
The letter claims Bratt told the lawyer believed the lawyer &#8220;would do the right thing&#8221; because he wasn&#8217;t a &#8220;Trump guy&#8221; and appeared to bribe him by saying his application for a D.C. judgeship would be received more favorably if he cooperated with the prosecution.
&#8220;These facts reinforce the serious concern that Mr. Smith is not running an impartial and unprejudiced investigation and prosecution,&#8221; Jordan&#8217;s letter reads.
Smith also indicted Trump on additional felony charges for his alleged role in seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election, pointing to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot as an &#8220;unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy.&#8221; Smith was appointed special counsel in both the classified documents case and the 2020 election case by Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Zach Jewell contributed to this report.

House Judiciary Committee On Oversight Of Department Of Homeland Security

Jordan Demands Details On WH Counsel’s Meeting With Jack Smith Aide, FBI Agent Ahead Of Trump Indictment

House Republicans

Mar-a-Lago

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans">House Republicans</a> seek records outlining the &#8220;scope&#8221; of Delaware&#8217;s U.S. Attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/david-weiss">David Weiss</a>&#8216;s special counsel investigation into <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a>.
A trio of GOP chairmen <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-08-28-jdj-js-jc-to-garland-re-weiss-appt-to-special-counsel.pdf">sent a letter</a> on Monday to Attorney General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/merrick-garland">Merrick Garland</a> requesting documents by next month while raising concerns about the years-long inquiry into the president&#8217;s adult son.
The lawmakers mentioned a number of issues stemming from whistleblower allegations, public statements about charging authority, the revelation of internal communications from Biden&#8217;s lawyers, and the collapse of a plea deal that led to the special counsel appointment after a judge took issue with the contours of an immunity provision.
&#8220;The Department pulled punches in this investigation, handicapping veteran investigators and preventing them from freely pursuing the facts,&#8221; the letter said. &#8220;The Department agreed to an apparently unprecedented plea deal with Hunter Biden after his attorneys threatened to call his father, President Biden, as a witness in the case.&#8221;
&#8220;Now you have appointed as special counsel an individual who oversaw all the investigation’s irregularities, who spent the past two months claiming that he did not need special counsel status, and who was responsible for the plea agreement that collapsed in court and is widely viewed as an embarrassment for the Department,&#8221; the letter added. &#8220;In light of Mr. Weiss’s record leading this investigation, we have concerns with his appointment as special counsel.&#8221;
The letter requested two types of records: all &#8220;documents and communications referring or relating to U.S. Attorney David Weiss’s appointment as special counsel&#8221; and any &#8220;additional scope memoranda, directives, or instructions from the Office of the Attorney General referring or relating to U.S. Attorney David Weiss’s appointment as special counsel.&#8221;
The lawmakers — Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY), and Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) — set a deadline of 5 p.m. on September 11. They said the aim of the documents request is to &#8220;advance our oversight and inform potential legislative reforms.&#8221;
A Department of Justice (DOJ) spokesperson told The Daily Wire the agency had received the letter and declined to comment further.
DOJ leaders have <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/10/politics/david-weiss-refutes-whistleblower-claim-hunter-biden/index.html">pushed back</a> against claims of politicization in the past. Earlier this month, after the failure of a plea agreement involving tax evasion and gun charges, Garland said that <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-delivers-statement">&#8220;extraordinary circumstances&#8221;</a> led him to conclude it was in the public interest&#8221; to grant Weiss&#8217;s request a couple days prior for special counsel status — a designation that gives the prosecutor broader authority to bring charges outside of his own district.
Although Democrats in Congress have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/crossfire-erupts-on-airwaves-after-hunter-biden-special-counsel-appointment">taken to the airwaves</a> to defend the DOJ and the president, the findings of a recent <a href="https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2023-08/Topline%20ABC_Ipsos%20Poll%20August%2016%202023.pdf">ABC News/Ipsos survey</a> found that a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/plurality-of-americans-lack-confidence-in-dojs-hunter-biden-inquiry-poll">plurality of Americans lack confidence</a> in the DOJ&#8217;s Hunter Biden inquiry.

House Republicans Demand ‘Scope’ Docs From Special Counsel Probe Into Hunter Biden

House Republicans Demand 'Scope' Docs From Special Counsel Probe Into Hunter Biden

James Comer

Joe Biden

House Judiciary Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> announced in a Thursday letter an inquiry into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over her investigation into former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> and the 2020 election. 
Jordan’s letter to Willis comes as Trump is set to arrive at a Fulton County jail on Thursday evening where he will get fingerprinted and possibly have his mugshot taken. Trump is facing 13 charges, including allegations of racketeering, for his actions in the aftermath of the 2020 election in Georgia.
“Your indictment and prosecution implicate substantial federal interests, and the circumstances surrounding your actions raise serious concerns about whether they are politically motivated,” Jordan <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-08-24-jdj-to-da-willis-re-trump-investigation.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
&#8220;Turning first to the question of motivation, it is noteworthy that just four days before this indictment, you launched a new campaign fundraising website that highlighted your investigation into President Trump. Additionally, the forewoman of the special grand jury you convened to investigate President Trump earlier this year bragged during an unusual media tour about her excitement at the prospect of subpoenaing President Trump and getting to swear him in,” the letter said.
Jordan was referring to statements from grand jury foreman Emily Kohrs, who made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-deranged-sounding-georgia-grand-jury-foreman-throws-election-case-against-trump-into-legal-jeopardy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comments on CNN</a> that some legal experts said would complicate the case against Trump.
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Foreman for Trump&#39;s Georgia Grand Jury is a piece of work… <a href="https://t.co/srF85GtyU2">pic.twitter.com/srF85GtyU2</a>
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Jordan also wants to know if there was any coordination with special counsel Jack Smith, who has brought indictments against Trump in Washington, D.C., and in Florida.
“There are questions about whether and how your office coordinate with DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith during the course of this investigation, and Congress has an interest in any such activity that involves federal law enforcement agencies, and officials that fall under its oversight,” the letter said.
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Trump is charged in the Georgia case along with 18 other co-defendants, including Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Jenna Ellis, and Sidney Powell, who have all turned themselves in for processing.
Eastman, a constitutional law expert and former legal adviser to Trump, warned on Tuesday that the case “will have — and is already having — profound consequences for our system of justice.”
“I am here today to surrender to an indictment that should never have been brought,” Eastman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-attorney-behind-2020-eastman-memo-gives-constitutional-smackdown-after-turning-himself-in" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the press</a> after surrendering on Tuesday. “It represents a crossing of the Rubicon for our country, implicating the fundamental First Amendment right to petition the government for redress of grievances.”
Willis has requested that the trial against Trump begin as soon as October 23.

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Come for Morning Wire’s Afternoon Update’s straight news, but stay for the Rapid Reactions. The following five stories, and more, can be heard on today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update podcast. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/biden-administration-appeal-twitter-threatens-legal-action-afternoon-update-7-6-23" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here to listen</a>. 
1. House GOP Subpoenas FBI
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jordan-subpoenas-doj-and-fbi-leaders-in-big-tech-collusion-probe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenaed</a> both FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland in relation to the committee&#8217;s ongoing censorship investigation. The Committee is specifically seeking communication between the FBI, DOJ, and private companies. In a letter, the Committee asked both federal agencies for voluntary cooperation, while noting that historically their compliance has been “inadequate.”
Rapid Reaction: Have you ever seen the movie &#8220;Angels in the Outfield?&#8221; In a scene at the beginning of the film, the protagonist&#8217;s father tells him that they&#8217;ll be a family again when the Los Angeles Angels &#8220;win the pennant.&#8221; That sets up the premise of the film — the main character Roger praying for an LA win and actual angels helping the baseball team win the MLB World Series. It never would have happened unless the angels interceded.
Anyway, that is sort of what it&#8217;s starting to feel like with the GOP. Congress will only enact actual political pressure, begin impeachments, and wield the &#8220;power of the purse&#8221; with the help of divine power. Until then, the GOP leaders will keep sending strongly worded letters&#8230; Great.
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2. Court Ends Mail Order Abortion Pills
Mail-order <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-appeals-court-makes-decision-on-the-mailing-of-abortion-pills" target="_blank" rel="noopener">access to a drug commonly</a> used for abortion could end in the U.S. following a Wednesday Appeals Court Ruling — but it cannot take effect unless the Supreme Court weighs in on the matter. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision overturns a part of a lower court ruling which would have revoked the FDA’s two-decade approval of the drug mifepristone. The decision did leave a part of the original ruling in place, that would end the drug’s distribution by mail, limit its use to the seventh week of pregnancy, and require it be administered in the presence of a doctor. Those restrictions won’t take effect right away because the Supreme Court previously intervened to keep the drug available during the legal fight.
Rapid Reaction: Any legal ruling that helps save babies is a win. Let&#8217;s hope that SCOTUS does the right thing here — legally and morally.
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3. Woke Lunacy In Hawaii To Blame For Wildfires?
A Hawaiian water official has been “reassigned” after allegedly refusing to transfer water resources that would have helped firefighters battle the Maui Wildfires. The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources deputy director, M. Kaleo Manuel, denied requests from Maui firefighters and various entities to open up reservoirs and streams as the fires grew more out of control. Even after firefighters told the department they’d used all the on-hand water and were desperate for any help, Manuel reportedly delayed their request. Here’s Manuel:
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Here is M. Kaleo Manuel, the Hawaii water official who refused to release water resources and let landowners fight the Maui fire, explaining his &quot;philosophy&quot; about water:
&quot;Native Hawaiians treated water as one of the earthly manifestations of a god&#8230;We&#39;ve become used to looking… <a href="https://t.co/hjsWqdVtxf">pic.twitter.com/hjsWqdVtxf</a>
&mdash; Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href="https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1692044616345014589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Rapid Reaction: Writer John Nolte had the best reaction.
&#8220;Hawaiians voted for politicians who allowed this anti-science equivalent of a sun worshipper to take control of their water supply,&#8221; he tweeted. &#8220;You can’t help people who vote this way.&#8221;
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Hawaiians voted for politicians who allowed this anti-science equivalent of a sun worshipper to take control of their water supply. 
You can’t help people who vote this way. 
They are fanatics. <a href="https://t.co/H7i2TZxSnR">https://t.co/H7i2TZxSnR</a>
&mdash; John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte (@NolteNC) <a href="https://twitter.com/NolteNC/status/1692171955078582735?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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4. Chess Cracks Down On Transgenderism 
The world’s top chess federation has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chess-federation-bans-trans-identifying-men-from-womens-events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled</a> that men that identify as women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials. The decision was announced Monday by Switzerland-based International Chess Federation  FIDE and led to the federation fielding criticism from various transgender advocacy groups. The federation says that for now, transgender players are allowed to participate in the “open” section of its chess tournaments, and the assessment of gender change could take up to two years.
Rapid Reaction: Men and women are different — always have been, always will be. Perhaps it makes sense that a game based on critical thinking, rules, and tradition is fighting back on this issue.
5. Britney Spears And Husband Divorce
And, Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are getting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britney-spears-shares-cryptic-posts-following-news-of-split-from-husband" target="_blank" rel="noopener">divorced</a> after 14 months of marriage. Asghari filed a petition to end the marriage with the Los Angeles Superior Court earlier this week, citing “irreconcilable differences.” He is also requesting spousal support. The date of separation for the couple is July 28, the petition states. Spears and Asghari got married in June of last year. The pair first met in 2016 when Asghari co-starred with Spears in the music video for her single “Slumber Party.”
Rapid Reaction: First reaction: Who cares? Second reaction: The Daily Wire&#8217;s Matt Walsh was prescient on this topic (per usual).
&#8220;Remember when you guys all shouted &#8216;Free Britney!&#8217; because you saw a fake documentary and I told you she’s clearly an unstable lunatic and was in a conservatorship for a reason and you got really mad at me but literally everything that’s happened since then proves me right?&#8221; he tweeted in reaction to the latest story.
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) announced on Thursday subpoenas against the leaders of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-justice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Justice (DOJ)</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> as part of his investigation into alleged government collusion with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/big-tech" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Big Tech</a> companies.
Cover letters sent to <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-08-17-jdj-to-doj-re-subpoena-cover-letter.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Attorney General Merrick Garland</a> and <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-08-17-jdj-to-fbi-re-subpoena-cover-letter.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI Director Christopher Wray</a> faulted their agencies with &#8220;woefully inadequate&#8221; responses to past requests for communications with private companies and other third-party groups.
&#8220;Numerous documents that have been made publicly available reflect the weaponization of the federal government’s power to censor speech online directly and by proxy,&#8221; Jordan said in each letter attached to a post to X on the &#8220;Censorship Investigation Over Big Tech Collusion.&#8221;
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Chairman <a href="https://twitter.com/Jim_Jordan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Jim_Jordan</a> subpoenas FBI and DOJ in Censorship Investigation Over Big Tech Collusion
📍Read the subpoena cover letter to Garland here: <a href="https://t.co/5UmJs8Ob7H">https://t.co/5UmJs8Ob7H</a>
📍Read the subpoena cover letter to Wray here:<a href="https://t.co/26XLuemk9v">https://t.co/26XLuemk9v</a> <a href="https://t.co/0rs1qmBhhc">pic.twitter.com/0rs1qmBhhc</a>
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The chairman stressed that it is &#8220;necessary for Congress to gauge the extent to which&#8221; DOJ and FBI officials &#8220;have coerced, pressured, worked with, or relied upon social media and other tech companies to censor speech.&#8221;
&#8220;The scope of the Committee’s investigation includes understanding the extent and nature of&#8221; the DOJ’s and FBI&#8217;s &#8220;involvement in this censorship,&#8221; he added.
Though the subpoenas themselves were not disclosed in the release, Jordan&#8217;s letters said he demanded the committee&#8217;s &#8220;highest priority documents and information&#8221; while citing rules in Congress governing oversight that relates to protecting civil liberties.
Jordan&#8217;s letters make reference to an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-administration-scores-victory-against-order-blocking-contact-with-social-media-companies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ongoing Missouri v. Biden</a> case brought by GOP state attorneys general over alleged collusion between the federal government and social media companies to censor speech in violation of the First Amendment.
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He said the DOJ and FBI have only so far produced a single document in response to his requests from April seeking voluntary cooperation for information on content moderation discussions: a publicly available transcript of a civil deposition of FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Elvis Chan from Missouri v. Biden.
&#8220;Through its investigation, the Committee has uncovered evidence that contradicts several statements in Agent Chan’s deposition, particularly as they relate to his communications with social media platforms,&#8221; Jordan noted.
&#8220;This production is woefully inadequate and omits voluminous responsive material, including communications between FBI and tech companies, internal communications, and communications between FBI and other executive branch entities,&#8221; Jordan wrote.
The Daily Wire reached out to the DOJ and FBI seeking comment.
&#8220;The Department, including the FBI, does not censor content on social media platforms,&#8221; a DOJ spokesperson said in response. &#8220;Private companies have the sole authority to make decisions to protect their platforms and users. As with all the Committee’s various requests, the Department remains committed to working with the Committee to fulfill their informational needs.&#8221;
“The FBI remains committed to cooperating with the committee in good faith. The FBI does not censor content on social media,&#8221; the FBI said in a statement. &#8220;We are a law enforcement and intelligence agency responsible for working with companies in a lawful way to protect our communities from child predators and terrorists, as well as hostile foreign countries like China, Russia, and Iran who are looking to exploit social media platforms to commit crimes or threaten national security. When the FBI identifies information that a hostile foreign actor is behind a social media account, we share that information with the company. Social media companies independently decide what, if any, action to take on their own platforms for their own customers.”
Jordan has already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-subpoenas-big-tech-executives-in-collusion-investigation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenaed</a> the heads of Big Tech companies Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft seeking documents and communications “relating to the federal government’s reported collusion with Big Tech to suppress free speech.&#8221;
Last month, the chairman began <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-unleashes-the-facebook-files-social-media-giant-censored-americans-because-of-biden-white-house-pressure" target="_blank" rel="noopener">releasing</a> internal Meta documents that he said were evidence of the White House improperly pressuring Facebook and Instagram into censoring posts, dubbing the disclosure &#8220;The Facebook Files.&#8221; The fourth installment explored how Chan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/facebook-docs-reveal-fbi-agent-made-completely-false-congressional-statements-involving-hunter-biden-laptop-jordan-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegedly made “completely false” statements</a> during a congressional deposition about the FBI&#8217;s role in suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story on social media platforms during his November 2022 deposition.
A White House official <a href="https://apnews.com/article/social-media-protected-speech-lawsuit-injunction-148c1cd43f88a0284d5a3c53fd333727" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the Associated Press</a> that the Biden administration &#8220;has promoted responsible actions to protect public health, safety, and security when confronted by challenges like a deadly pandemic and foreign attacks on our elections.&#8221;

Jordan Subpoenas DOJ And FBI Leaders In ‘Big Tech Collusion’ Probe

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A trio of Republican lawmakers demanded on Thursday that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twitter-asks-court-to-rein-in-out-of-control-ftc-inquiry">Federal Trade Commission (FTC)</a> answer for how it preserves records as they raised concerns about documents sought by congressional investigators being improperly destroyed.
Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ted-cruz">Ted Cruz</a> (R-TX), the ranking member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, joined with two House chairmen in writing a letter to FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan — a copy of which was obtained by The Daily Wire — seeking information about the retention policies and practices for records at the agency tasked with antitrust enforcement and protecting consumers.
The FTC &#8220;likely violated federal law&#8221; with the deletion of records, the lawmakers wrote, adding that the agency &#8220;impeded Congressional oversight of the FTC’s recent, unprecedented actions, including its proposed rule banning non-compete clauses.&#8221;
House Judiciary Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH), another signee on the letter along with Oversight Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer">James Comer</a> (R-KY), <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/media/in-the-news/ftc-deleted-documents-controversial-rule-severe-consequences-economy-rep-jim">made a request in February</a> seeking details on the proposed rule that “exceeds [the Commission’s] delegated authority and imposes a top-down, one-size-fits-all approach that violates basic American principles of federalism and free markets,&#8221; according to the letter.
FTC responded three months later by telling House Judiciary Committee staff &#8220;that it had &#8216;deleted material likely responsive to the Committee’s requests,&#8217; including records of the employee on detail from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who led the FTC’s rulemaking,&#8221; the letter said.
&#8220;To date, the FTC has not adequately addressed concerns about its record retention policy,&#8221; the letter added. &#8220;The agency has not explained how documents were deleted related to a rulemaking that the FTC should have known would face litigation, FOIA requests, and Congressional oversight. In addition, the FTC has not explained how federal records from senior advisors at the FTC could be deleted, regardless of whether there were litigation or other holds placed on the documents.&#8221;
The new letter also made note of a <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/FTC%20OIG%20management%20advisory_records%20mgmt%202022-02-28.pdf">memo from early last year by the FTC&#8217;s Office of Inspector General (OIG)</a> that said the FTC faced &#8220;challenges&#8221; in &#8220;complying with National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) records schedule requirements&#8221; and &#8220;setting up automated practices for properly storing and timely disposing of records in a uniform manner across the agency&#8221; despite making &#8220;significant progress in some areas of records management, such as shifting to all-electronic recordkeeping.&#8221;
&#8220;The OIG found it &#8216;[p]articularly noteworthy&#8217; that &#8216;the Bureau of Competition and the Bureau of Consumer Protection do not use a comprehensive case management system for their case files&#8217; and that FTC management had &#8216;no plans&#8217;” to store files on the FTC’s cloud platform, rather than various shared drive folders,&#8221; the letter said. &#8220;In response to the OIG’s findings, you stated that you were &#8216;committed to ensuring appropriate management controls are in place and operating as intended.'&#8221;
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The lawmakers outlined how the Federal Records Act imposes certain record keeping requirements on agencies and said the FTC has &#8220;struggled&#8221; to comply with the law.
The Republican trio demanded written answers and relevant documents about what the FTC has done to respond to earlier requests for information by Jordan and others. They also seek information about what the FTC has done to address issues with the agency&#8217;s file management practices, among other things. The lawmakers set a deadline of August 31.
&#8220;Congress and the public deserve an explanation of why the FTC improperly destroyed records, what records it improperly destroyed, and what steps will be taken to ensure it never happens again,&#8221; the lawmakers wrote.
An FTC spokesperson confirmed to The Daily Wire that the agency received the letter.
&#8220;The FTC maintains records in accordance with federal law, including Federal Information Security Management Act requirements on the retention of records and disposal of records for security purposes,&#8221; the spokesperson added.

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An FBI agent made “completely false” statements during a congressional deposition about the agency’s role in suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story on social media platforms, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said on Monday in his fourth edition of the &#8220;Facebook Files.&#8221;
Jordan, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, said internal Facebook communications reveal San Francisco-based FBI Special Agent Elvis Chan was “the main conduit” between the bureau’s Foreign Influence Task Force and big tech companies to suppress the scandalous story involving alleged foreign business deals with then-presidential candidate Joe Biden just weeks before the 2020 election.
Chan told lawmakers during testimony the FBI had not communicated with Facebook outside of a meeting that occurred the same day the New York Post published the Biden laptop article on October 14, 2020. But according to the Jordan, Chan was involved in a “secret ‘follow up’ call” with the social media giant the next day, allegedly contradicting a claim he made during a November 2022 deposition in the government censorship case Missouri v. Biden
The federal agent also spoke with a Facebook employee that same day, who said, “Chan advised that he was up to speed on the current state of the matter within the FBI.” Chan also told the social media platform that “there was no current evidence to suggest any foreign connection &#8230; of the leaks,&#8221; according to the documents released by Jordan.
“Of course, there was ‘no evidence’ of ‘any foreign connection.’ The laptop was real, and the FBI knew it,” Jordan said. “Is there any wonder why the Biden DOJ has so far stonewalled the Committee’s efforts to interview Agent Chan?”
Internal documents also claimed that Chan admitted that Section Chief of the Foreign Influence Task Force Laura Dehmlow told executives to respond “no comment” when asked if the Biden laptop was real.
“Did Dehmlow know that the FBI had the laptop and it was real? Yes. Did other key members of the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force know? Yes. The FBI knew the laptop was real and yet decided it would say ‘no comment,’” Jordan said.
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THE FACEBOOK FILES PART 4. FBI LIED ABOUT MEETING WITH BIG TECH REGARDING NY POST’S HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP STORY
Internal FB docs reveal that an FBI Special Agent made false statements in testimony about the FBI’s role in the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story
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The “Twitter Files” released by Elon Musk last year revealed that Chan frequently pressed the social media company to take down posts that he thought violated the site’s terms of service, furthering the agency’s alleged content moderation tactics for private companies, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/five-takeaways-from-twitter-fbi-agents-deposition-in-censorship-lawsuit-brought-by-conservative-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Chan sent ten documents to former Twitter Head of Site Integrity Yoel Roth on the evening of October 13, hours before the New York Post article would be released, asserting to Roth that the documents were “not spam” and asked him to “confirm receipt.”
“Is there any wonder why the Biden DOJ has so far stonewalled the Committee’s efforts to interview Agent Chan?” Jordan said. “Our investigation remains ongoing and we will continue to update the public with our findings as we prepare and consider legislation to fight the censorship-industrial complex and protect the First Amendment.”
Jordan released his third edition of the “Facebook Files,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-releases-new-facebook-files-highlights-how-biden-admin-sought-to-suppress-daily-wire-content" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> the Biden administration pressured the social media giant to stifle speech the White House didn’t like, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-pressured-fb-to-suppress-daily-wire-content-push-users-to-legacy-outlets-newly-released-docs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">limiting The Daily Wire’s reach</a> on the platform and boosting the reach of legacy media outlets.
Luke Rosiak and Zach Jewell contributed to this report.

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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) released his third edition of the &#8220;Facebook Files,&#8221; saying the Biden administration pressured the social media giant to stifle speech the White House didn&#8217;t like, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-pressured-fb-to-suppress-daily-wire-content-push-users-to-legacy-outlets-newly-released-docs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">limiting The Daily Wire’s reach</a> on the platform and boosting the reach of legacy media outlets.
In a tweet thread Thursday, Jordan highlighted newly released documents obtained by the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, which he chairs. The documents, which were reviewed by The Daily Wire, show that Facebook repeatedly confirmed to the White House that it was working to re-engineer its platform in order to accomplish the administration’s directives on suppressing content that clashed with its COVID vaccine agenda.
&#8220;Newly subpoenaed internal notes of meetings between Facebook executives and Biden Admin officials reveal more about the lengths the Biden White House wanted to go to control true speech on Facebook,&#8221; Jordan began.
&#8220;In 2021, the White House wanted to control what narratives and true content was posted on Facebook surrounding [COVID-19],&#8221; the congressman said. &#8220;President Biden went so far to say that Facebook was &#8216;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/16/politics/biden-facebook-covid-19/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killing people</a>&#8216; for allowing certain statements to be published on the site.&#8221;
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THE FACEBOOK FILES PART 3.
Newly subpoenaed internal notes of meetings between Facebook executives and Biden Admin officials reveal more about the lengths the Biden White House wanted to go to control true speech on Facebook.
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&#8220;Rob Flaherty, President Biden’s then-Director of Digital Strategy, repeatedly put pressure on Facebook to explain its content decisions,&#8221; Jordan said.
“We have to explain to President, Ron, people, why there is misinfo on the internet…&#8221; Flaherty told Facebook employees during one meeting on April 14.
&#8220;For example, Flaherty questioned whether Facebook was doing enough to reduce traffic from sites like the [The New York Post],&#8221; Jordan said. 
“I’m curious – NY Post churning out articles every day&#8230; What is supposed to happen to that from Policy perspective. Does that article get a reduction, labels?” Flaherty asked.  
&#8220;But that wasn’t enough for the Biden White House. Flaherty wanted Facebook to go a step further,&#8221; Jordan added. &#8220;He wanted Facebook to kick people off its site.&#8221;
&#8220;The Biden White House’s effort to censor opposing viewpoints only grew,&#8221; said Jordan. &#8220;So, they upped the pressure. Flaherty demanded that Facebook &#8216;play ball&#8217; and work with the Biden White House on censorship. But that’s not all. The Biden White House wanted to control what you saw on Facebook.&#8221;
They questioned whether Facebook could change its algorithm so users saw more posts from the New York Times and less from [The Daily Wire] and [Tomi Lahren],&#8221; Jordan said. &#8220;Why did they do that? Because they didn’t think you were smart enough to decide for yourself.&#8221;
&#8220;President Biden’s head of strategic communications and public engagement for the [COVID-19] response, Courtney Rowe, mocked Real America’s ability to determine what&#8217;s true and what isn’t,&#8221; Jordan added. &#8220;Facebook knew it had to act. One employee tried to explain to the White House that if the company couldn’t &#8216;remove&#8217; content, it could at least &#8216;contain it.&#8217; But Flaherty continued to press for more content moderation and CONTROL on so-called &#8216;bad&#8217; content.
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But Flaherty continued to press for more content moderation and CONTROL on so-called “bad” content.
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&#8220;And of course, Facebook caved. The company ADMITTED to the White House that it reduced content of certain posts – even if the posts didn’t violate the company’s terms and contained TRUE information,&#8221; Jordan said. &#8220;Just read this from a Facebook employee.&#8221;
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Just read this from a Facebook employee. <a href="https://t.co/IXMKmzAEvE">pic.twitter.com/IXMKmzAEvE</a>
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&#8220;These newly subpoenaed meeting notes continue to show the Biden White House’s desire to direct and control content on Facebook. More evidence of the censorship-industrial complex. To be continued…&#8221; Jordan concluded.

Jim Jordan Releases New ‘Facebook Files,’ Highlights How Biden Admin Sought To Suppress Daily Wire Content

Jim Jordan Releases More 'Facebook Files,' Highlights How Biden Admin Sought To Suppress Daily Wire Content

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