Rubio reveals obscure Biden administration office kept 'disinformation' dossier on Trump official
'Was it me or Elon?' Vice President Vance asked Rubio during a Cabinet meeting
By Emma Colton Fox News
Published April 30, 2025 5:46pm EDT
Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed in a Cabinet meeting that the Biden administration's State Department kept dossiers on Americans accused of serving as "vectors of disinformation," including a file on an unidentified Trump administration official.
"We had an office in the Department of State whose job it was to censor Americans," Rubio said during Wednesday's Cabinet meeting with Donald Trump. "And, by the way, I'm not going to say who it is. I'll leave it up to them. There's at least one person at this table today who had a dossier in that building of social media posts to identify them as purveyors of disinformation. We have these dossiers. We are going to be turning those over to these individuals."
Vice President JD Vance interjected, asking, "Was it me or Elon? We can follow up when the media is gone," and drawing laughter from the Cabinet.
"But just think about that. The Department of State of the United States had set up an office to monitor the social media posts and commentary of American citizens, to identify them as vectors of disinformation," Rubio continued. "When we know that the best way to combat disinformation is freedom of speech and transparency.
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