Comer: Twitter Must Preserve All Information After Censoring the Hunter Biden Laptop Story

WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) called on Twitter to preserve all documents and communications related to the decision to censor the October 2020 New York Post article on Hunter Biden’s laptop. In a letter to Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal, Ranking Member Comer blasted the social media company for suppressing critical information during the 2020 presidential election cycle and emphasized how the American people have a right to know Twitter’s policies and decisionmakers responsible for regularly censoring certain views and news on the platform.     

“We write to request that you preserve all documents and communications in Twitter’s custody referring or relating to the October 2020 New York Post article about Hunter Biden’s laptop, which Twitter initially prevented from being posted or shared on its platform. This suppression of information on Twitter occurred during a critical time in the vetting process of presidential candidates and may have influenced the electoral process. The American people have a right to know the policies and decisionmakers responsible for suppressing certain views and information on Twitter,” wrote Ranking Member Comer.

In recent weeks, media outlets have reversed course and now acknowledge the legitimacy of the laptop and are reporting on some of the suspect business dealings of the President’s son, Hunter Biden. Over the years, Hunter Biden has engaged in a variety of suspicious international business endeavors, from consulting for a Ukrainian energy company to assisting the Chinese in gaining access to cobalt mines in Africa—often to the detriment of U.S. interests.

“Most recently Hunter Biden has made a fortune selling his artwork to anonymous and likely foreign purchasers. Media reports indicate Hunter Biden paid various bills for his father, including thousands of dollars for the then-Vice President’s home in Delaware. If true, the sources of Hunter Biden’s income could exercise undue influence on national security and other U.S. policy positions,” continued Ranking Member Comer. “These documents are critical to understanding whether Twitter and other Big Tech companies purposefully took actions to give then-candidate Biden an electoral edge in 2020. Likewise, the Committee must evaluate whether President Biden is vulnerable to improper influence from foreign nations.”  
 

Read the letter here.