Posted on 01/11/2023 9:39:33 AM PST by bitt
The House Oversight Committee informed former Twitter executives Wednesday that they are expected to testify at an early February hearing on the platform’s decision to censor The Post’s October 2020 reporting on documents from first son Hunter Biden’s laptop.
Twitter barred distribution of articles that linked President Biden to his son’s foreign business relationships weeks ahead of the 2020 election, claiming without evidence that the articles violated a “hacked materials” policy.
Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) told former Twitter officials Vijaya Gadde, Yoel Roth and James Baker that he will hold a hearing to examine their decision.
“On December 6, 2022, I wrote to you requesting your appearance at a Committee hearing during the 118th Congress. Your attendance is necessary because of your role in suppressing Americans’ access to information about the Biden family on Twitter shortly before the 2020 election,” Comer wrote in separate letters to the trio.
“This letter reiterates the Committee’s request and — for your convenience in planning travel — informs you of the hearing date, which will be the week of February 6,” Comer wrote.
Although the invitation isn’t binding, Comer gave Gadde, Roth and Baker a Jan. 18 deadline to reply. If they do not do so, the panel can vote to compel them to appear.
New Twitter owner Elon Musk fired Gadde, the social network’s former policy director, in October. Roth, the former director of trust and safety, resigned in November. Musk fired Baker, a prominent attorney who formerly worked as the FBI’s general counsel, in December for allegedly undermining his attempts to reveal internal documents detailing historical censorship decisions.
Many details about Twitter’s decision to censor The Post’s reporting remain unanswered, but documents released by Musk show early internal doubts about claiming the documents were hacked, since they came from a Delaware
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Watch the dems try to blame the CURRENT Twitter for the OLD Twitter’s crimes.
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