{"id":1489695,"date":"2022-05-24T10:59:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T14:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1489695"},"modified":"2022-05-24T10:59:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T14:59:57","slug":"exclusive-house-republicans-press-biden-admin-for-answers-over-elon-musks-attempted-44-billion-twitter-purchase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-press-biden-admin-for-answers-over-elon-musks-attempted-44-billion-twitter-purchase\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Press Biden Admin For Answers Over Elon Musk\u2019s Attempted $44 Billion Twitter Purchase"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fexclusive-house-republicans-press-biden-admin-for-answers-over-elon-musks-attempted-44-billion-twitter-purchase%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=1489695&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><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Republican Wisconsin Rep. Scott Fitzgerald sent a letter Tuesday to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Lina Khan demanding answers about Elon Musk\u2019s attempt to purchase Twitter for $44 billion, saying the review process must be done fairly and without partisanship.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller first obtained the letter, which was signed by four other Republicans. In the letter, the lawmakers expressed their concerns with \u201cpoliticization seen at the FTC\u201d during the Biden administration, saying they worry it will delay or halt Musk\u2019s attempt to lead Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>They also mentioned issues they have with the FTC under Biden, such as \u201csuspending early termination of merger review transactions with no competitive concerns for well over a year, using a zombie vote to adopt prior approval for merging parties and divestiture buyers on future transactions for 10 years\u201d and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBig Tech is no friend of conservatives and neither is the President Biden\u2019s FTC. The Left has made clear its discontent with Elon Musk\u2019s attempt to restore free speech on Twitter. We must ensure that his bid to purchase the social media company receives a fair review well above the partisan fray by the Commission,\u201d Fitzgerald told the Daily Caller before sending the letter.<\/p>\n<p>The group of Republicans also called for a number of documents and communication, such as: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/06\/jim-banks-letter-elon-musk-overhaul-twitter-content-policy-free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Jim Banks Urges Elon Musk To Overhaul Twitter\u2019s Content Policy)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All documents and communication between or among the Federal Trade Commission and any third-party organizations referring or relating to Mr. Musk\u2019s purchase of Twitter<\/li>\n<li>All documents and communication between or among the Federal Trade Commission and members and staff of the White House Competition Council referring or relating to Mr. Musk\u2019s purchase of Twitter<\/li>\n<li>All documents and communications, including all plans, proposals, or other communications, referring or relating to the FTC\u2019s purpose in making inquiries related to Mr. Musk\u2019s purchase of Twitter that deviate from typical reviews<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>READ THE LETTER HERE:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View (DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) -- Letter to FTC on Musk Purchase of Twitter 5.24.22 (1) on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/575566558\/DAILY-CALLER-OBTAINED-Letter-to-FTC-on-Musk-Purchase-of-Twitter-5-24-22-1#from_embed\">(DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) \u2014 \u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View Henry Rodgers&#039;s profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/527927298\/Henry-Rodgers#from_embed\">Henry Rodgers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers asked for a response to their inquiry no later than May 31, 2022. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/17\/elon-musk-twitter-deal-cannot-move-forward-without-bot-account-details\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Elon Musk Says Twitter Deal \u2018Cannot Move Forward\u2019 Until CEO Proves One Thing)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The other Republicans who signed the letter were Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs, North Carolina Rep. Dan Bishop and Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller contacted the FTC about the letter, to which the Office of Public Affairs replied by saying: \u201cI\u2019m sorry but the FTC does not comment on letters it receives from members of Congress. The agency will respond, and when it does, the recipients may or may not choose to make the response public.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Wisconsin Rep. Scott Fitzgerald sent a letter Tuesday to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Lina Khan demanding answers about Elon Musk\u2019s attempt to purchase Twitter for $44<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":1489710,"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-1489695","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\/1489695","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\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1489695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1489710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1489695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1489695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1489695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}