Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said the quiet part out loud at Wednesday’s House Oversight Committee hearing on The Twitter Files.
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held its first Twitter Files hearing Wednesday morning. Three former Twitter employees who censored the New York Post’s reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop attended to testify. Former Twitter Head of Legal, Policy, and Trust Vijaya Gadde and former Twitter special counsel and ex-FBI agent James Baker worked with Roth to censor the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story and joined him to testify at the hearing.
“I think you guys got played,” Jordan said after Former Twitter Head of Trust and Safety Yoel Roth claimed it wasn’t his personal decision to take down the story. Rep. Jordan called him out on the alleged narrative and explained that it appears the FBI played Twitter and the company willingly fell in line. “I think you guys wanted it to be taken down. I think you guys got played by the FBI, and that’s the scary part.”
Jordan added that the “real takeaway” is that five days after Twitter took down the Hunter Biden story, “51 former intelligence officials send a letter and say the Hunter Biden story has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”
He further emphasized that the FBI apparently deceived Twitter. “The information operation was run on you guys and then by extension run on the American people. And that’s the concern,” Jordan said.
Conservatives are under attack. Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored, contact us using CensorTrack’s contact form, and help us hold Big Tech accountable.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said the quiet part out loud at Wednesday’s House Oversight Committee hearing on The Twitter Files.
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held its first Twitter Files hearing Wednesday morning. Three former Twitter employees who censored the New York Post’s reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop attended to testify. Former Twitter Head of Legal, Policy, and Trust Vijaya Gadde and former Twitter special counsel and ex-FBI agent James Baker worked with Roth to censor the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story and joined him to testify at the hearing.
“I think you guys got played,” Jordan said after Former Twitter Head of Trust and Safety Yoel Roth claimed it wasn’t his personal decision to take down the story. Rep. Jordan called him out on the alleged narrative and explained that it appears the FBI played Twitter and the company willingly fell in line. “I think you guys wanted it to be taken down. I think you guys got played by the FBI, and that’s the scary part.”
Jordan added that the “real takeaway” is that five days after Twitter took down the Hunter Biden story, “51 former intelligence officials send a letter and say the Hunter Biden story has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”
He further emphasized that the FBI apparently deceived Twitter. “The information operation was run on you guys and then by extension run on the American people. And that’s the concern,” Jordan said.
Conservatives are under attack. Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored, contact us using CensorTrack’s contact form, and help us hold Big Tech accountable.
