{"id":1465350,"date":"2022-05-05T15:44:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T19:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1465350"},"modified":"2022-05-05T15:45:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T19:45:07","slug":"house-republicans-demand-answers-from-nina-jankowicz-on-new-disinformation-governance-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-demand-answers-from-nina-jankowicz-on-new-disinformation-governance-board\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans Demand Answers From Nina Jankowicz On New \u2018Disinformation Governance Board\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-republicans-demand-answers-from-nina-jankowicz-on-new-disinformation-governance-board%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1465350&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-62.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to new Disinformation Governance Board leader Nina Jankowicz asking her to provide testimony regarding her new role within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).<\/p>\n<p>The letter was signed by Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, a ranking member of the committee, along with 11 additional GOP House Judiciary Committee members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Board is un-American, anti-democratic, and a dangerous escalation of the Biden Administration\u2019s embrace of government-endorsed censorship,\u201d the GOP leaders wrote to Jankowicz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, judging from your past statements, Americans can not and should not trust you with your newfound authority to act as the Biden Administration\u2019s arbiter of the truth,\u201d the letter added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Judiciary Republicans seek testimony from Nina Jankowicz on the newly established so-called &#8220;Disinformation Governance Board.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/letSY3ya08\">pic.twitter.com\/letSY3ya08<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryGOP\/status\/1522252341767987200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The committee strongly spoke against the formation of the new board, claiming there should not be a government group limiting the free speech rights of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ability of Americans to engage in robust debate and conversation is the foundation of American politics, and there is no place for a de facto ministry of truth in our government. The very idea of a ministry of truth should be revolting to all Americans who hold our Bill of Rights in high regard,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>The letter requested that Jankowicz provide all documents and communications relating to the creation of the board by May 19, including interactions between the board and social media companies.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to concerns about the new disinformation governing board, Republican leaders have expressed problems with Jankowicz as the leader of the new group, especially regarding some of her own past social media videos and statements.<\/p>\n<p>DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mayorkas-admits-dhs-chose-disinfo-czar-without-knowing-about-her-social-media-videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted<\/a> during a Wednesday hearing that he was \u201cnot aware\u201d of the videos posted on social media by Jankowicz.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas made the concerning statement in response to questions from a Senate Appropriations subcommittee about the board and the decision to appoint Jankowicz to lead it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">KENNEDY: &#8220;When the department picked [Nina Jankowicz], was the department aware of her Tik Tok videos? They&#8217;re really quite precocious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MAYORKAS: &#8220;I was not aware of those videos.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eBgbwDMpok\">pic.twitter.com\/eBgbwDMpok<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1521865178513563648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhen the department picked [Nina Jankowicz], was the department aware of her Tik Tok videos? They\u2019re really quite precocious,\u201d Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) asked, referencing now-viral videos of Jankowicz singing about disinformation to the tune of the \u201cMary Poppins\u201d song, \u201cSupercalifragilisticexpialidocious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was not aware of those videos,\u201d Mayorkas replied.<\/p>\n<p>Some GOP leaders are also seeking to defund the new Disinformation Governance Board before it begins.<\/p>\n<p>Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton introduced a bill on Tuesday that would ban federal funding from being used to launch the new DHS board.<\/p>\n<p>Cotton was joined in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotton.senate.gov\/download\/disinformation-board-bill-text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legislation<\/a>\u00a0with support from a team of 18 co-sponsors among the Senate\u2019s Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden administration wants a government agency dedicated to cracking down on what its subjects can say, an idea popular with Orwellian governments everywhere. This board is unconstitutional and un-American\u2014my bill puts a stop to it,\u201d Cotton said in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotton.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/cotton-colleagues-introduce-legislation-to-defund-homeland-securitys-disinformation-board\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley also took a strong position against the new board in a Twitter post on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress must act now to abolish this censorship board and prevent any future President who doesn\u2019t believe in the Constitution from ever trying it again,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Too late. Congress must act now to abolish this censorship board and prevent any future President who doesn\u2019t believe in the Constitution from ever trying it again <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nLhZbKyzpe\">https:\/\/t.co\/nLhZbKyzpe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1521253255954812936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to new Disinformation Governance Board leader Nina Jankowicz asking her to provide testimony regarding her new role within the Department of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1481760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1465350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1465350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1481760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1465350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1465350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1465350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}