The House Judiciary Committee is suing FBI agent Elvis Chan for withholding testimony about his apparent role in pressuring social media companies to censor online speech.
Mr. Chan avoided two congressional subpoenas from the Judiciary Committee in connection with its investigation into the extent to which government agencies work with third parties to censor certain views online. announced by the same committee. complaint Filed on Tuesday. (Related: FBI agent who didn't testify before Jim Jordan was 'tasked' to pressure platforms to censor, House report finds)
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“Publicly available information and information uncovered by the committee's investigation to date confirm that Mr. Chan was at the center of the FBI's interactions with technology companies, including Facebook and Twitter,” the complaint states. claims.
Mr. Chan did not appear for his scheduled testimony because he was originally directed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) not to attend the deposition due to procedural disputes.He continued to ignore two subpoenas to the Justice Department. directionThe summary of the complaint is as follows.
“Because Mr. Chan did not voluntarily appear before the Committee, the Committee subpoenaed him to testify in a deposition. However, Mr. Chan ignored the subpoena. Mr. Chan's employer, the U.S. Attorney's Office, The Department of Justice (DOJ) directed Mr. Chan not to appear in court, and Mr. Chan complied with that instruction. By refusing to comply with the subpoena, Mr. Chan violated a key part of the legislative powers the Constitution grants Congress. “We are dissatisfied with the Commission's ability to conduct certain oversight,” the complaint says, referring to both subpoenas.
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— Congressman Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) August 7, 2023
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan previously questioned the FBI's role in its interactions with Facebook over Hunter Biden's laptop, based on internal Facebook documents that Jordan obtained during his social media censorship investigation. They accused Mr. Chan of lying under oath.
The committee's investigation and the “Twitter Files” documents appear to show that Mr. Chan is the central liaison between the FBI and the social media platform. He is said to have been involved in an FBI effort to pressure Twitter and Facebook to censor a New York Post report on Hunter Biden's laptop archives in the run-up to the 2020 election.
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