GOP sets stage to probe spiking of Hunter Biden laptop story; warnings to preserve evidence sent

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GOP sets stage to probe spiking of Hunter Biden laptop story; warnings to preserve evidence sent

Led by Rep. Darrell Issa, lawmakers send preservation letters, setting stage for major probe if GOP retakes majority in November. demand Big Tech, NYT, intel experts

By Aaron Kliegman

Updated: March 22, 2022 - 10:50pm

   
A top Republican on Tuesday revealed that GOP lawmakers are sending letters to Twitter, Facebook, the New York Times, and dozens of former U.S. intelligence officials asking that they preserve evidence of their efforts in 2020 to suppress or discredit credible news reports about Hunter Biden's laptop and business dealings.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) told the John Solomon Reports podcast that the preservation letters will set the stage for Republicans to issue subpoenas and open a formal investigation into the matter if they win control of Congress in this year's midterm elections.

Issa, who is expected to be chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee in the event the GOP retakes the majority in November, will likely be spearheading any probe into possible collusion to quash the Hunter Biden story.

"What I can't live with," said Issa, "is the fact that when the New York Post, one of the oldest print newspapers in the country, founded in 1801, comes out with credible evidence, which they can show how they got it, what their sources were — there were no hidden sources on this — they not only got shut down by ... Facebook and Twitter, but they got shut down by the New York Times, by public broadcasting, by virtually everyone.

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https://justthenews.com/government/congress/republicans-demand-big-tech-nyt-intel-experts-preserve-evidence-censoring

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Here we go again, another Inquisition.

Hey, Issa, do your job ... have the Federal Trade Commission breakup the media and technology oligopolies, duopolies, and monopolies.

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Exclusive: Rep. Darrell Issa Hits Twelve Individuals Involved in ‘Laptop From Hell’ Election Interference with Document Preservation Notices

Emma-Jo Morris 24 Mar 2022 Washington, DC

Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) has submitted document preservation notices to twelve individuals from the intelligence community, White House, Facebook, and Twitter — as Republicans in Congress are gearing up to take back majorities and investigate election interference with regard to the suppression of the “Laptop From Hell” series in October 2020.

Rep. Issa is demanding former DNI boss James Clapper, former CIA boss Micheal Hayden, former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, former CIA head John Brennan, former top CIA aide Nick Shapiro, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Meta Communications Director Andy Stone, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, and current Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal all preserve documents relating to their involvement in suppressing the New York Post’s bombshell exposé on the Hunter Biden laptop in the lead up to the 2020 presidential election, according to letters obtained exclusively by Breitbart News.

The news comes as Breitbart News exclusively reported Wednesday that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced House Republicans had sent dozens of preservation notices across the federal government to agencies and departments throughout Biden administration, ordering them to preserve documents in anticipation of eventual subpoenas from House Republicans after the 2022 midterm elections.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/24/exclusive-rep-darrell-issa-hits-twelve-individuals-involved-in-laptop-from-hell-election-interference-with-document-preservation-notices/