Posted on 05/11/2024 1:15:22 AM PDT by John Semmens
Even though US District Court Judge Terry Doughty found the FBI's efforts to pressure social media companies to censor content the government maintained was disinformation violated the First Amendment and issued an injunction barring federal agencies from continuing the practice, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va), chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, says "FBI spokesman William Truncheon informed me that they are gearing up to resume these efforts heading into the 2024 election season. Though Judge Doughty's ruling was upheld by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court lifted the injunction until it rules on the Murthy v. Missouri case this summer."
Truncheon asserted that "the lifting of the injunction means we are cleared to continue this vital activity for preventing security threats to the nation. Sometimes words that are true endanger the survival of the government and need to be censored. The Supreme Court recognizes this. That's why we've been given their 'go ahead.' Let's not forget that it was the FBI's successful effort to censor and discredit the true information on Hunter Biden's laptop during the 2020 election campaign that was instrumental in enabling the defeat of Trump. Since Trump is again the main threat to the survival of the government the same urgency to stifle anti-government rhetoric and evidence still exists."
Former President and current Republican nominee for president Donald Trump argued that "the intended censorship is the clearest proof we have that Democrats and the deep state are the real enemies of democracy. The First Amendment was enacted by our nation's founding generation in an effort to give freedom of speech the full support of our laws. Allowing people to speak is essential if we are to have a government by, of, and for the people."
Truncheon called Trump's remarks "pure propaganda. The First Amendment only bars Congress from infringing on speech. The Founders wisely left a path open for the executive branch--of which the FBI is part--to interdict dangerous ideas from polluting public debate. We are going to use that path to silence Trump's and his minions' demagoguery."
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ping
One more truck load of bananas for the Republic.
FBI has been turned in to a democrat tool.
Initially by obammy and now by dementia Joe
Garbage the fbi has become.
I’m pretty sure that part of this is not true.
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