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Elon Musk has branded Twitter a “crime scene” as he vows to unearth all of its “darkest secrets” regarding the suppression of Hunter Biden’s laptop story.
Chief Twit is working in coordination with various journalists to publish files and messages from the social media company, now known as the ‘Twitter files’, about its decision-making processes when it comes to censorship.
That work drew the attention of Republican House officials, who have invited Musk to testify in their investigations into Hunter Biden, who faces allegations of illegal business in China and Ukraine that Republicans say may implicate his father, the president. Joe Biden.
US Representative James Comer of Kentucky, who is about to head the House Oversight Committee when the Republican Party takes control of Congress, told the New York Post has communicated with Musk personally.
“We would love to have him appear before the committee,” Comer said. “I’m pretty sure he’ll provide more information, but you’re welcome to come before our committee. We’ll roll out the red carpet for Elon Musk.
It comes as the latest Twitter files revealed that FBI agents pressured the social media company to censor conservative commenters who pushed unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 election was stolen, with the newest files published on Saturday. in the evening.
Elon Musk called Twitter a ‘crime scene’ as he is set to release more files on the company’s censorship practices.
Musk also shared a meme about him digging up Twitter’s “darkest secrets,” including the decisions that led to the censorship of Hunter Biden’s laptop story.
Unveiling the Twitter documents and messages between executives, Musk (left) has been invited to speak before the new House Oversight Committee as US Republican Rep. James Comer (right) takes office and opens a investigation into the president’s son.
While discussing the invitation for Musk to appear before the House Oversight Committee, Comer praised the Twitter CEO’s decision to publicly disclose the company’s censorship process and conversations with government agencies.
“You are doing the Oversight Committee and the United States a great service by disclosing all emails and correspondence between the Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee and Twitter,” Comer told the Post.
He noted that the committee previously sent a letter to Musk on October 28, urging him to preserve all relevant documents on Twitter for his investigation and end his censorship practices.
“Republicans on the Committee… urge you to reverse the pattern of censoring certain news and views,” the committee wrote. “This includes ending the practice employed by previous Twitter leadership of prioritizing their own worldview over freedom of expression and information.”
While Musk would receive the ‘red carpet’ treatment, former Twitter employees who oversaw the censorship will not receive the same treatment.
Former Twitter general counsel Jim Baker and former security and trust chiefs Vijaya Gadde and Yoel Roth received more formal letters demanding they appear for questioning or face a subpoena.
His testimony will provide the Committee with critical context regarding the Twitter censorship team’s decision to ban users from sharing information about a presidential candidate,” Comer wrote to Baker, who recently came under fire for his “possible” role in the suppression. from laptop history in October 2020.
The House Oversight Committee is investigating allegations that Hunter (pictured) was involved in illegal deals in China and Ukraine that Republicans say could implicate his father, President Joe Biden.
Journalist Kara Swisher, who previously lobbied former Twitter bosses over their decision to censor the Hunter Biden story, mocked Musk’s tweet about the company being a “crime scene.”
Pictured: Swisher (left) questioning former Twitter security chief Yoel Roth (right) about how the social media company initially censored a New York Post story about Hunter Biden’s laptop.
All eyes are on Twitter as he posts his cache of documents via journalists Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and Bari Weiss.
The files themselves have become a hot topic even among journalists, with Kara Swisher openly mocking the reports and Musk’s description of the state of the company.
After Chief Twit posted his characterization of Twitter being a “crime scene,” Swisher responded by tweeting, “Yeah, always love another episode of Special Victims Unit (Billionaires): Richer and whinier than ever.”
Swisher previously interviewed Roth, the former head of trust and security at Twitter, as he admitted the company made a mistake by censoring the Hunter Biden laptop story.
Roth resigned in November following Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of the company. He said the authenticity of the New York Post laptop story was difficult for the social media company to verify, and it was quickly censored in October 2020.
Speaking in an interview with journalist Kara Swisher, Roth said: “We didn’t know what to believe, we didn’t know what was true, there was smoke, and ultimately, for me, it didn’t get to the place where I was.” comfortable removing this content from Twitter.’
“But it set off each and every one of my finely tuned APT28 hack and leak campaign alarm bells. Everything about him seemed like a hack and a leak.
Investigators are looking into allegations that Hunter (left) used his father, President Joe Biden (right), to secure business deals and lobby abroad.
He mentioned General Counsel Vijaya Gadde as one of the “two highest-profile Twitter employees we want to hear about.”
Announcing that the Oversight Committee wants Baker and Gadde to testify, Comer warned former Twitter employees to be prepared for tough questions.
“My advice to them is, before they go before the Oversight Committee in January or February, as soon as we can get them before the Oversight Committee, they need to look very hard to try and find evidence as to why they suppressed this story.” , said fox and friends on Monday.
“If they can’t find evidence of a government entity like the FBI saying they did in fact suppress this story, then my next piece of advice to them would be to contact their errors and omissions insurance company, because they’re going to have a lot of trouble getting go ahead.
“Because this was such an important story and the fact that it was suppressed when we now know it was very true and very damaging to the Biden campaign is very concerning.”
Comer has promised to look into what he called a “Biden family influence peddling investigation.”
That was a reference to a web of Hunter Biden business dealings, some of which was exposed on the infamous laptop that appeared in the New York Post report that Twitter suppressed for a period of time.
As the House Oversight Committee prepares its investigation into Hunter, the president’s son appears to be preparing for his own legal battles.
A team met last September to lay out a plan as they prepare to defend Hunter Biden against an expected barrage of investigations by House Republicans.
Allies of the president’s son met for a private strategy session last September in California where they discussed going after Hunter’s accusers and critics with defamation lawsuits, according to the Washington Post.
Hunter’s lawyer and friend Kevin Morris suggested at the meeting that lawsuits be filed against Fox News, Eric Trump and Rudy Giuliani, along with an investigation into the repairman who turned in his laptop.
Morris told the group it was crucial for Hunter’s camp to be more aggressive and also described an extensive investigation into two potential witnesses against Hunter: spurned business partner Tony Bobulinsky and computer repairman John Paul Mac Isaac, who turned in his computer. laptop to the FBI.
Hunter Biden was not at the meeting, but called the discussion via video.
David Brock, a well-known liberal activist and supporter of the Clinton family, who attended the meeting, was planning a new group, Facts First USA, which would focus on fighting impending House Republican investigations, The Post reported.
“They feel like there’s a whole counter-narrative missing because of the whole hunter-hating narrative,” Brock said.
“What we really got into was more into the nitty-gritty, into the nitty-gritty of what a response would look like.”