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FBI sued for alleged failure to provide communications with Big Tech regarding Hunter Biden laptop censorship | Fox News

  
Via:  Jeremy in NC  •  2 years ago  •  13 comments

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FBI sued for alleged failure to provide communications with Big Tech regarding Hunter Biden laptop censorship | Fox News
A new Freedom of Information Act lawsuit alleges the FBI is intentionally concealing communications with Facebook regarding posts on the contents of Hunter Biden's laptop before the 2020 election.

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A conservative legal group is suing the FBI for allegedly concealing communications between the agency and Big Tech companies, including Facebook, regarding information posted online about the contents of President Biden's son Hunter's explosive laptop.

America First Legal (AFL), which is led by former Trump White House advisor Stephen Miller, filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit in a Washington, D.C., federal court Tuesday, stating that the FBI is violating the law by failing to publicize its communications with Facebook and other Big Tech companies that worked with the agency to "censor news and information" about Hunter Biden's laptop immediately before the 2020 presidential election.

In an August 2022 FOIA request, AFL originally requested that the FBI make public its communications with Facebook between Oct. 1 and Nov. 15 2020. In a response last week, the FBI called AFL's FOIA request "overly broad" and did not provide the information requested. As a result, AFL moved forward with filing a lawsuit to receive the communications.

The lawsuit states: "The evidence is that the FBI and Big Tech, including Facebook, colluded to interfere with the 2020 Presidential election first by falsely and maliciously labeling the laptop 'Russian disinformation' and then by censoring and/or discrediting all news about its contents."

"Now, barely a month before the 2022 midterm election, FBI officials continue to suppress information of great interest to American voters and stonewall AFL's request for records relating to the FBI's collusive scheme with Facebook to censor news and information about the contents of Hunter Biden's laptop," continues the lawsuit.

The contents of the laptop, which included information detailing Hunter's overseas business dealings and ties to China and other foreign nations, have come under scrutiny by congressional leaders. Hunter is also the subject of a federal investigation into various tax violations, possible foreign lobbying violations and more.

Additionally, Facebook, now known as Meta, CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that his company censored news articles about Hunter Biden after the FBI reached out ahead of the 2020 election.

As a result, Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., called on Facebook in August to turn over communications between government agencies and Facebook employees regarding Hunter Biden.

The senators also are demanding that FBI agents who provided them with an "unnecessary" briefing in August 2020 - alleging they were "advancing Russian disinformation" by investigating Hunter Biden's business dealing - appear for a transcribed Senate interview. Johnson and Grassley were working at the time on a joint investigation into Hunter Biden's role on the board of Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings and his "extensive and complex financial transactions."

The FBI did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment on AFL's lawsuit.

Biden administration officials and those in the president's camp have long cast materials that came from the laptop purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden as disinformation, but intelligence community officials have said, as far back as October 2020, that neither the laptop nor materials on it are part of any sort of disinformation campaign.

"The evidence is that during the 2020 Presidential election campaign, the FBI conspired and combined with large corporations, including Facebook, to censor and suppress the damning evidence of Biden family corruption and influence peddling found on Hunter Biden's laptop," AFL's senior counselor and director of oversight Reed Rubinstein told Fox News Digital.

The federal investigation into Hunter Biden and his tax affairs has reached a "critical stage," a source told Fox News. ((Randy Holmes via Getty Images))

"This was done to help Joe Biden and the Democrats win the 2020 election. Now, arrogantly disregarding the law, the FBI is stonewalling AFL's efforts to expose the FBI's emails detailing the tradecraft behind this collusive attack on our elections, and identifying the persons inside and outside of government who were responsible for it," Rubinstein continued.


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Jeremy Retired in NC
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1  seeder  Jeremy Retired in NC    2 years ago

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Keep it civil.  Keep it on topic.  

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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2  seeder  Jeremy Retired in NC    2 years ago

Seems like it could be seen that the FBI is involved election tampering as well as the other bullshit they've been caught doing.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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3  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

The lawsuit states: "The evidence is that the FBI and Big Tech, including Facebook, colluded to interfere with the 2020 Presidential election first by falsely and maliciously labeling the laptop 'Russian disinformation' and then by censoring and/or discrediting all news about its contents."

I'd say that's a fair assessment.

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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3.1  seeder  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  Vic Eldred @3    2 years ago
colluded to interfere with the 2020 Presidential election

Collusion to win a presidential election.   Wasn't there a whole investigation into those claims when the Democrats lost?  Wonder why there isn't one now.  Oh wait...

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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4  Greg Jones    2 years ago

"The evidence is that during the 2020 Presidential election campaign, the FBI conspired and combined with large corporations, including Facebook, to censor and suppress the damning evidence of Biden family corruption and influence peddling found on Hunter Biden's laptop," AFL's senior counselor and director of oversight Reed Rubinstein told Fox News Digital."

Like it or not by Biden's defenders , the contents of that  laptop WILL be revealed to the American people.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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5  JohnRussell    2 years ago

The majority of Americans were fed up with the serially dishonest, corrupt and criminal Donald Trump in 2020. That is why he lost - not because we didnt know enough about Hunter Biden's laptop. 

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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5.1  seeder  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  JohnRussell @5    2 years ago
The majority of Americans were fed up with the serially dishonest, corrupt and criminal Donald Trump in 2020.

Blah blah blah.  We've heard you go on and on and on about this ad nauseum.  Nice talking points.  Time to move on to, I don't know, THE TOPIC OF THE SEED.

That is why he lost - not because we didnt know enough about Hunter Biden's laptop. 

And you can prove this how?

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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5.1.1  JohnRussell  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @5.1    2 years ago
And you can prove this how?

Donald Trump's approval ratings have never been 50% or higher in his life. 

There was great turnout in the 2020 election. It wasnt because people loved Joe Biden, it was because people wanted Trump the fuck gone. 

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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5.1.2  seeder  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  JohnRussell @5.1.1    2 years ago

Still waiting on that proof.  

 
 
 
Ronin2
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5.2  Ronin2  replied to  JohnRussell @5    2 years ago

So we now have the serially dishonest, corrupt and criminal Brandon and Harris show; and the US is in the shitter. Great job Democrats! It is almost like you planned it!

You are also wrong; truthful information on the Hunter Biden laptop would have changed votes in 2020.

Nearly four of five Americans who’ve been following the Hunter Biden laptop scandal believe that “truthful” coverage would have changed the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, according to a new poll.

A similar percentage also said they’re convinced that information on the computer is real, with just 11% saying they thought it was “created by Russia,” according to the survey conducted by the New Jersey-based Technometrica Institute of Policy and Politics .

And an even higher number — 81% — said US Attorney General Merrick Garland should appoint a special counsel to investigate matters related to the first son’s infamous laptop, the existence of which was exclusively revealed by The Post in October 2020 .

The New York Times last week admitted the authenticity of the emails found on a laptop that the president’s son abandoned in a Delaware computer repair shop. Sixty-five percent (65%) of voters believe it’s likely – including 48% who think it’s Very Likely – that Joe Biden was consulted about and perhaps profited from his son Hunter's overseas business deals including at least one involving a company in mainland China. Only 28% believe it’s unlikely Biden was consulted about his son’s foreign business dealings. Forty-eight percent (48%) say if the media had fully reported the story about Hunter Biden’s laptop before the 2020 election, it’s unlikely Joe Biden would have been elected president. Forty-five percent (45%) don’t think the story would have changed the election results.

Notice Garland is doing his best imitation of a stone wall regarding a special prosecutor. Too bad Republicans can only impeach his ass. It will be up to history to tear him a new one.

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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5.3  Greg Jones  replied to  JohnRussell @5    2 years ago

But John, forget Trump, the people have a right to know if they elected a pig in a poke.

This article below points out, that, sadly, they did.

 
 
 
Nerm_L
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6  Nerm_L    2 years ago

Maybe it's time to raid FBI headquarters.  Anybody got a politicized judge handy? 

 
 
 
Jasper2529
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7  Jasper2529    2 years ago
"Now, barely a month before the 2022 midterm election, FBI officials continue to suppress information of great interest to American voters

The DoJ and FBI colluding with Big Tech to sway the 2020 presidential election and now again with the 2022 midterm? Imagine that!  /sarc

The Big Guy and his crime syndicate are doing well!

 
 

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