In a new letter to Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg on Monday, Senator Johnson, the ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and Senator Grassley, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, also requested the names of all FBI and DOJ officials who have warned Facebook that an impending document leak ahead of the 2020 election would be Russian disinformation, prompting the social media giant to mistakenly suppress The Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story. “The American people deserve to know whether the FBI used Facebook as part of its alleged scheme to discredit information about Hunter Biden,” the senators wrote. “If so, Congress and the American people demand clarity regarding the extent to which the FBI contacted Facebook during the 2020 election about information related to Hunter Biden.” Zuckerberg told podcaster Joe Rogan last week that, in the weeks leading up to the 2020 election, the FBI came to Facebook specifically to warn the company that there was going to be a “Russian propaganda” effort with a release of documents that “fit the model ” of The Post story on October 14, 2020. Mark Zuckerberg claimed on Joe Rogan’s podcast that the FBI warned of a “Russian propaganda” dump ahead of the 2020 presidential election. PowerfulJRE /YouTube “Basically, the background here is the FBI, I think basically came to us – some people in our group – and they were like, ‘Hey, just so you know, you should be on the lookout. We thought there was a lot of Russian propaganda in the 2016 election. We understand that basically there is going to be some kind of dump that is similar to that. Just be alert.” Senators Johnson and Grassley said Zuckerberg’s revelation that Facebook took steps to censor information about Hunter Biden on its platform based on FBI directives “raises even more questions about the FBI’s actions regarding the laptop by Hunter Biden. “As you may be aware, whistleblowers recently alleged to Senator Grassley that in August 2020, FBI officials began a scheme to downgrade derogatory information about Hunter Biden in order to end investigative activity regarding his possible criminal exposure as “disinformation.” . ‘ Informants told Grassley and Johnson that FBI agents were instructed to downplay and delay the investigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop. “The whistleblowers also alleged to Senator Johnson that local FBI leadership instructed his agents not to look at Hunter Biden’s laptop immediately after the FBI obtained it.” In a second letter Tuesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray, Republicans also requested records on DOJ and FBI contact with Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies related to Biden family, Hunter’s laptop and Russian disinformation. They protested the FBI’s “consistent failure to respond to congressional inquiries.” “The FBI’s continued efforts to falsely paint information about the Biden family’s misconduct as Russian disinformation continues to raise serious concerns,” they wrote. “In August 2020 the FBI provided an unnecessary and unsolicited briefing that was used by our Democratic colleagues to falsely portray our Biden investigation as promoting Russian disinformation. Our research was based on Obama/Maiden administration records and included transcribed interviews of witnesses who were once employees of that administration. The FBI’s ill-conceived actions not only interfered with our congressional investigation by frustrating and hindering our ability to advance the issues at hand, but also interfered with the 2020 election. “Furthermore, whistleblowers recently alleged to Senator Grassley that in August 2020, FBI officials began a scheme to downgrade derogatory information about Hunter Biden in order to end investigative activity regarding his possible criminal exposure as “disinformation.” . Whistleblowers also alleged to Senator Johnson that local FBI leadership instructed agents not to look at Hunter Biden’s laptop immediately after the FBI obtained it.8 The American people deserve to know whether the FBI used Facebook or other companies social media as part of an alleged scheme to discredit information about Hunter. The senators also requested the names of DOJ and FBI officials who contacted social media companies about Russian disinformation during the 2020 election, as well as the names of Facebook officials they contacted.

title: “Gop Senators Demand Facebook Turn Over Hunter Biden Fbi Communications Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-14” author: “Tara Rodriguez”

In a new letter to Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg on Monday, Senator Johnson, the ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and Senator Grassley, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, also requested the names of all FBI and DOJ officials who have warned Facebook that an impending document leak ahead of the 2020 election would be Russian disinformation, prompting the social media giant to mistakenly suppress The Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story. “The American people deserve to know whether the FBI used Facebook as part of its alleged scheme to discredit information about Hunter Biden,” the senators wrote. “If so, Congress and the American people demand clarity regarding the extent to which the FBI contacted Facebook during the 2020 election about information related to Hunter Biden.” Zuckerberg told podcaster Joe Rogan last week that, in the weeks leading up to the 2020 election, the FBI came to Facebook specifically to warn the company that there was going to be a “Russian propaganda” effort with a release of documents that “fit the model ” of The Post story on October 14, 2020. Mark Zuckerberg claimed on Joe Rogan’s podcast that the FBI warned of a “Russian propaganda” dump ahead of the 2020 presidential election. PowerfulJRE /YouTube “Basically, the background here is the FBI, I think basically came to us – some people in our group – and they were like, ‘Hey, just so you know, you should be on the lookout. We thought there was a lot of Russian propaganda in the 2016 election. We understand that basically there is going to be some kind of dump that is similar to that. Just be alert.” Senators Johnson and Grassley said Zuckerberg’s revelation that Facebook took steps to censor information about Hunter Biden on its platform based on FBI directives “raises even more questions about the FBI’s actions regarding the laptop by Hunter Biden. “As you may be aware, whistleblowers recently alleged to Senator Grassley that in August 2020, FBI officials began a scheme to downgrade derogatory information about Hunter Biden in order to end investigative activity regarding his possible criminal exposure as “disinformation.” . ‘ Informants told Grassley and Johnson that FBI agents were instructed to downplay and delay the investigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop. “The whistleblowers also alleged to Senator Johnson that local FBI leadership instructed his agents not to look at Hunter Biden’s laptop immediately after the FBI obtained it.” In a second letter Tuesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray, Republicans also requested records on DOJ and FBI contact with Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies related to Biden family, Hunter’s laptop and Russian disinformation. They protested the FBI’s “consistent failure to respond to congressional inquiries.” “The FBI’s continued efforts to falsely paint information about the Biden family’s misconduct as Russian disinformation continues to raise serious concerns,” they wrote. “In August 2020 the FBI provided an unnecessary and unsolicited briefing that was used by our Democratic colleagues to falsely portray our Biden investigation as promoting Russian disinformation. Our research was based on Obama/Maiden administration records and included transcribed interviews of witnesses who were once employees of that administration. The FBI’s ill-conceived actions not only interfered with our congressional investigation by frustrating and hindering our ability to advance the issues at hand, but also interfered with the 2020 election. “Furthermore, whistleblowers recently alleged to Senator Grassley that in August 2020, FBI officials began a scheme to downgrade derogatory information about Hunter Biden in order to end investigative activity regarding his possible criminal exposure as “disinformation.” . Whistleblowers also alleged to Senator Johnson that local FBI leadership instructed agents not to look at Hunter Biden’s laptop immediately after the FBI obtained it.8 The American people deserve to know whether the FBI used Facebook or other companies social media as part of an alleged scheme to discredit information about Hunter. The senators also requested the names of DOJ and FBI officials who contacted social media companies about Russian disinformation during the 2020 election, as well as the names of Facebook officials they contacted.

title: “Gop Senators Demand Facebook Turn Over Hunter Biden Fbi Communications Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-10” author: “Mallory Harris”

In a new letter to Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg on Monday, Senator Johnson, the ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and Senator Grassley, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, also requested the names of all FBI and DOJ officials who have warned Facebook that an impending document leak ahead of the 2020 election would be Russian disinformation, prompting the social media giant to mistakenly suppress The Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story. “The American people deserve to know whether the FBI used Facebook as part of its alleged scheme to discredit information about Hunter Biden,” the senators wrote. “If so, Congress and the American people demand clarity regarding the extent to which the FBI contacted Facebook during the 2020 election about information related to Hunter Biden.” Zuckerberg told podcaster Joe Rogan last week that, in the weeks leading up to the 2020 election, the FBI came to Facebook specifically to warn the company that there was going to be a “Russian propaganda” effort with a release of documents that “fit the model ” of The Post story on October 14, 2020. Mark Zuckerberg claimed on Joe Rogan’s podcast that the FBI warned of a “Russian propaganda” dump ahead of the 2020 presidential election. PowerfulJRE /YouTube “Basically, the background here is the FBI, I think basically came to us – some people in our group – and they were like, ‘Hey, just so you know, you should be on the lookout. We thought there was a lot of Russian propaganda in the 2016 election. We understand that basically there is going to be some kind of dump that is similar to that. Just be alert.” Senators Johnson and Grassley said Zuckerberg’s revelation that Facebook took steps to censor information about Hunter Biden on its platform based on FBI directives “raises even more questions about the FBI’s actions regarding the laptop by Hunter Biden. “As you may be aware, whistleblowers recently alleged to Senator Grassley that in August 2020, FBI officials began a scheme to downgrade derogatory information about Hunter Biden in order to end investigative activity regarding his possible criminal exposure as “disinformation.” . ‘ Informants told Grassley and Johnson that FBI agents were instructed to downplay and delay the investigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop. “The whistleblowers also alleged to Senator Johnson that local FBI leadership instructed his agents not to look at Hunter Biden’s laptop immediately after the FBI obtained it.” In a second letter Tuesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray, Republicans also requested records on DOJ and FBI contact with Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies related to Biden family, Hunter’s laptop and Russian disinformation. They protested the FBI’s “consistent failure to respond to congressional inquiries.” “The FBI’s continued efforts to falsely paint information about the Biden family’s misconduct as Russian disinformation continues to raise serious concerns,” they wrote. “In August 2020 the FBI provided an unnecessary and unsolicited briefing that was used by our Democratic colleagues to falsely portray our Biden investigation as promoting Russian disinformation. Our research was based on Obama/Maiden administration records and included transcribed interviews of witnesses who were once employees of that administration. The FBI’s ill-conceived actions not only interfered with our congressional investigation by frustrating and hindering our ability to advance the issues at hand, but also interfered with the 2020 election. “Furthermore, whistleblowers recently alleged to Senator Grassley that in August 2020, FBI officials began a scheme to downgrade derogatory information about Hunter Biden in order to end investigative activity regarding his possible criminal exposure as “disinformation.” . Whistleblowers also alleged to Senator Johnson that local FBI leadership instructed agents not to look at Hunter Biden’s laptop immediately after the FBI obtained it.8 The American people deserve to know whether the FBI used Facebook or other companies social media as part of an alleged scheme to discredit information about Hunter. The senators also requested the names of DOJ and FBI officials who contacted social media companies about Russian disinformation during the 2020 election, as well as the names of Facebook officials they contacted.

title: “Gop Senators Demand Facebook Turn Over Hunter Biden Fbi Communications Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-02” author: “Pamela Sanchez”

In a new letter to Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg on Monday, Senator Johnson, the ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and Senator Grassley, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, also requested the names of all FBI and DOJ officials who have warned Facebook that an impending document leak ahead of the 2020 election would be Russian disinformation, prompting the social media giant to mistakenly suppress The Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story. “The American people deserve to know whether the FBI used Facebook as part of its alleged scheme to discredit information about Hunter Biden,” the senators wrote. “If so, Congress and the American people demand clarity regarding the extent to which the FBI contacted Facebook during the 2020 election about information related to Hunter Biden.” Zuckerberg told podcaster Joe Rogan last week that, in the weeks leading up to the 2020 election, the FBI came to Facebook specifically to warn the company that there was going to be a “Russian propaganda” effort with a release of documents that “fit the model ” of The Post story on October 14, 2020. Mark Zuckerberg claimed on Joe Rogan’s podcast that the FBI warned of a “Russian propaganda” dump ahead of the 2020 presidential election. PowerfulJRE /YouTube “Basically, the background here is the FBI, I think basically came to us – some people in our group – and they were like, ‘Hey, just so you know, you should be on the lookout. We thought there was a lot of Russian propaganda in the 2016 election. We understand that basically there is going to be some kind of dump that is similar to that. Just be alert.” Senators Johnson and Grassley said Zuckerberg’s revelation that Facebook took steps to censor information about Hunter Biden on its platform based on FBI directives “raises even more questions about the FBI’s actions regarding the laptop by Hunter Biden. “As you may be aware, whistleblowers recently alleged to Senator Grassley that in August 2020, FBI officials began a scheme to downgrade derogatory information about Hunter Biden in order to end investigative activity regarding his possible criminal exposure as “disinformation.” . ‘ Informants told Grassley and Johnson that FBI agents were instructed to downplay and delay the investigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop. “The whistleblowers also alleged to Senator Johnson that local FBI leadership instructed his agents not to look at Hunter Biden’s laptop immediately after the FBI obtained it.” In a second letter Tuesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray, Republicans also requested records on DOJ and FBI contact with Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies related to Biden family, Hunter’s laptop and Russian disinformation. They protested the FBI’s “consistent failure to respond to congressional inquiries.” “The FBI’s continued efforts to falsely paint information about the Biden family’s misconduct as Russian disinformation continues to raise serious concerns,” they wrote. “In August 2020 the FBI provided an unnecessary and unsolicited briefing that was used by our Democratic colleagues to falsely portray our Biden investigation as promoting Russian disinformation. Our research was based on Obama/Maiden administration records and included transcribed interviews of witnesses who were once employees of that administration. The FBI’s ill-conceived actions not only interfered with our congressional investigation by frustrating and hindering our ability to advance the issues at hand, but also interfered with the 2020 election. “Furthermore, whistleblowers recently alleged to Senator Grassley that in August 2020, FBI officials began a scheme to downgrade derogatory information about Hunter Biden in order to end investigative activity regarding his possible criminal exposure as “disinformation.” . Whistleblowers also alleged to Senator Johnson that local FBI leadership instructed agents not to look at Hunter Biden’s laptop immediately after the FBI obtained it.8 The American people deserve to know whether the FBI used Facebook or other companies social media as part of an alleged scheme to discredit information about Hunter. The senators also requested the names of DOJ and FBI officials who contacted social media companies about Russian disinformation during the 2020 election, as well as the names of Facebook officials they contacted.

title: “Gop Senators Demand Facebook Turn Over Hunter Biden Fbi Communications Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-18” author: “William Simpson”

In a new letter to Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg on Monday, Senator Johnson, the ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and Senator Grassley, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, also requested the names of all FBI and DOJ officials who have warned Facebook that an impending document leak ahead of the 2020 election would be Russian disinformation, prompting the social media giant to mistakenly suppress The Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story. “The American people deserve to know whether the FBI used Facebook as part of its alleged scheme to discredit information about Hunter Biden,” the senators wrote. “If so, Congress and the American people demand clarity regarding the extent to which the FBI contacted Facebook during the 2020 election about information related to Hunter Biden.” Zuckerberg told podcaster Joe Rogan last week that, in the weeks leading up to the 2020 election, the FBI came to Facebook specifically to warn the company that there was going to be a “Russian propaganda” effort with a release of documents that “fit the model ” of The Post story on October 14, 2020. Mark Zuckerberg claimed on Joe Rogan’s podcast that the FBI warned of a “Russian propaganda” dump ahead of the 2020 presidential election. PowerfulJRE /YouTube “Basically, the background here is the FBI, I think basically came to us – some people in our group – and they were like, ‘Hey, just so you know, you should be on the lookout. We thought there was a lot of Russian propaganda in the 2016 election. We understand that basically there is going to be some kind of dump that is similar to that. Just be alert.” Senators Johnson and Grassley said Zuckerberg’s revelation that Facebook took steps to censor information about Hunter Biden on its platform based on FBI directives “raises even more questions about the FBI’s actions regarding the laptop by Hunter Biden. “As you may be aware, whistleblowers recently alleged to Senator Grassley that in August 2020, FBI officials began a scheme to downgrade derogatory information about Hunter Biden in order to end investigative activity regarding his possible criminal exposure as “disinformation.” . ‘ Informants told Grassley and Johnson that FBI agents were instructed to downplay and delay the investigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop. “The whistleblowers also alleged to Senator Johnson that local FBI leadership instructed his agents not to look at Hunter Biden’s laptop immediately after the FBI obtained it.” In a second letter Tuesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray, Republicans also requested records on DOJ and FBI contact with Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies related to Biden family, Hunter’s laptop and Russian disinformation. They protested the FBI’s “consistent failure to respond to congressional inquiries.” “The FBI’s continued efforts to falsely paint information about the Biden family’s misconduct as Russian disinformation continues to raise serious concerns,” they wrote. “In August 2020 the FBI provided an unnecessary and unsolicited briefing that was used by our Democratic colleagues to falsely portray our Biden investigation as promoting Russian disinformation. Our research was based on Obama/Maiden administration records and included transcribed interviews of witnesses who were once employees of that administration. The FBI’s ill-conceived actions not only interfered with our congressional investigation by frustrating and hindering our ability to advance the issues at hand, but also interfered with the 2020 election. “Furthermore, whistleblowers recently alleged to Senator Grassley that in August 2020, FBI officials began a scheme to downgrade derogatory information about Hunter Biden in order to end investigative activity regarding his possible criminal exposure as “disinformation.” . Whistleblowers also alleged to Senator Johnson that local FBI leadership instructed agents not to look at Hunter Biden’s laptop immediately after the FBI obtained it.8 The American people deserve to know whether the FBI used Facebook or other companies social media as part of an alleged scheme to discredit information about Hunter. The senators also requested the names of DOJ and FBI officials who contacted social media companies about Russian disinformation during the 2020 election, as well as the names of Facebook officials they contacted.