Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said he will lead an effort to investigate the 2020 election-related suppression of news coverage about Hunter Biden’s laptop and its contents if Republicans win back the majority in the House of Representatives later this year.
“Big Tech will resist accountability like it always does—but we are more determined than ever to make certain that we get the truth of the collusion that we know occurred,” Issa said in a statement to news outlets last week. “We should carry with us an obligation to see this through.”
Just days before the 2020 election, Facebook and Twitter both moved to block the spread of the Post’s story, drawing condemnation from the newspaper’s editors and Republican elected officials. Twitter, for example, barred anyone from posting or sharing the article, alleging that it contained “hacked material” and locked the Post out of its account for two weeks.
The Post’s report, published in October 2020, said that emails obtained from Hunter Biden’s laptop showed there was a meeting between Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, and Ukrainian business leaders. While The New York Times and other legacy media outlets and some former intelligence officials initially alleged it was disinformation designed to sway the election, earlier this month, the NY Times stated that the laptop and its contents were authentic.
Hunter Biden and President Biden have both said that the younger Biden didn’t do anything wrong.
Issa told The Hill that he sent preservation requests to former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, current Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and other executives regarding the suppression of the Post’s report.
“Material investigation is essential for Congress to conduct a comprehensive fact-finding investigation into actions by technology companies, media organizations, and political allies to suppress information and prevent public awareness of matters involving the Biden Family,” Issa wrote, according to The Hill.
The White House often declines to comment on developments regarding Hunter Biden, saying that he doesn’t work for the federal government.
White House officials didn’t respond by press time to a request by The Epoch Times for comment.
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