Nunes Calls on DOJ, FBI to Launch RICO Investigation Over Parler
Beth Baumann
Posted: Jan 10, 2021 5:15 PM
House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-CA) on Sunday called for a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) investigation into Big Tech stifling the new social media platform Parler.
"The effect of this is there is no longer a free and open social media company or site for any American to get on anymore because these big companies – Apple, Amazon, Google – they likely destroyed what was likely a billion dollar company," Nunes explained to Fox News' Maria Bartiromo. "Poof. It's gone."
The congressman explained the concern is bigger than a company taking a financial hit.
"Republicans have no way to communicate. It doesn't even matter if you're Republican or conservative. If you don't want to be regulated by left-wingers that are at Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, or you get shadowbanned, nobody gets to see you, they get to decide what's violent or not violent. It's preposterous," Nunes said.
He slammed the Department of Justice and the FBI for being silent on the issue, saying what took place is "clearly a violation of anti-trust, civil rights, the RICO statute."
"There should be a racketeering investigation on all of the people that coordinated this attack, on not only a company, but on all of those like us, like me, like you, Maria – I have three million followers on Parler. At midnight tonight I will no longer be able to communicate with those people," he explained.
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