{"id":1674558,"date":"2022-10-05T16:23:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T20:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1674558"},"modified":"2022-10-05T16:56:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T20:56:51","slug":"lawsuit-filed-against-fbi-after-they-fail-to-provide-communications-with-facebook-about-censoring-hunter-biden-laptop-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawsuit-filed-against-fbi-after-they-fail-to-provide-communications-with-facebook-about-censoring-hunter-biden-laptop-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit Filed Against FBI After They Fail to Provide Communications With Facebook About Censoring Hunter Biden Laptop Story"},"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\">36<\/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%2Flawsuit-filed-against-fbi-after-they-fail-to-provide-communications-with-facebook-about-censoring-hunter-biden-laptop-story%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=1674558&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<p>A conservative legal group has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the FBI after they failed to turn over communications between the bureau and Big Tech companies such as Facebook related to alleged efforts to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit, launched by America First Legal (AFL), comes following a FOIA request in August that was denied by the FBI as \u201coverly broad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It claims that the bureau violated the law by failing to produce communications with Facebook and other social media companies indicating an alleged effort to \u201ccensor news and information\u201d about Biden\u2019s laptop prior to the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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 \u2018Russian disinformation\u2019 and then by censoring and\/or discrediting all news about its contents,\u201d court documents read, according <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fbi-sued-alleged-failure-provide-communications-big-tech-regarding-hunter-biden-laptop-censorship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FBI sued for alleged failure to provide communications with Big Tech regarding Hunter Biden laptop censorship <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ep6wRFwXQK\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ep6wRFwXQK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1577356640457818112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1577356640457818112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/fbi-agent-accused-by-whistleblowers-of-shielding-hunter-biden-resigns-escorted-from-building-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI Agent Accused By Whistleblowers Of Shielding Hunter Biden Resigns, Escorted From Building: Report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Lawsuit Filed Against the FBI<\/h3>\n<p>The lawsuit by AFL points out that by withholding the information requested, the FBI is again engaged in a cover-up of matters the public may find of interest prior to another election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, barely a month before the 2022 midterm election, FBI officials continue to suppress information of great interest to American voters and stonewall AFL\u2019s request for records relating to the FBI\u2019s collusive scheme with Facebook to censor news and information about the contents of Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop,\u201d it reads.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2018FED\u2019 UP: Legal Group Suing FBI for Failing to Provide Hunter Biden Censorship Info <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bKb0JclLOw\">https:\/\/t.co\/bKb0JclLOw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanhannity\/status\/1577412483098230787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanhannity\/status\/1577412483098230787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/08\/25\/mark-zuckerberg-criticizes-twitters-handling-of-the-posts-hunter-biden-laptop-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">during a podcast<\/a> with host Joe Rogan in August that Facebook had algorithmically throttled the reach on any posts involving the Hunter laptop scandal following a visit from the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI, I think, basically came to us \u2013 some folks on our team \u2013 and was like, \u2018Hey, just so you know, like, you should be on high alert\u2026\u2019 We thought that there was a lot of Russian propaganda in the 2016 election,\u201d Zuckerberg told Rogan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018We have it on notice that, basically, there\u2019s about to be some kind of dump of that\u2019s similar to that. So just be vigilant,&#8217;\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg said they were not specifically instructed by the FBI to focus on the Hunter Biden story but the company apparently did so anyway because \u201cit basically fit the pattern\u201d mentioned in the visit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you\u2019re wondering why Facebook almost immediately censored the NYPost story on Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop, Zuckerberg tells Joe Rogan that the FBI warned the company about \u201cRussian disinformation\u201d right before the story went live. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H34g8NZxHw\">pic.twitter.com\/H34g8NZxHw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1562921191160946688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1562921191160946688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/33-republican-senators-finally-start-demanding-accountability-for-hunter-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">33 Republican Senators Finally Start Demanding Accountability for Hunter Biden<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Whistleblowers Accuse FBI of Suppressing Hunter Biden Story<\/h3>\n<p>The lawsuit comes amidst <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/report-whistleblowers-allege-scheme-by-fbi-doj-to-suppress-negative-information-about-hunter-biden-before-2020-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent claims<\/a>\u00a0from Senator Chuck Grassley, who says high-ranking FBI whistleblowers have accused the FBI, along with the DOJ, of suppressing negative information about Hunter Biden prior to the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Grassley (R-IA), in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/grassley_to_justice_deptfbipoliticalbiasfollowup.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a letter to<\/a> FBI Director Christopher Wray and Garland dated July 25th, claimed the FBI had information in 2020 on alleged \u201ccriminal financial and related activity\u201d engaged in by Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than investigate, the FBI reportedly set up a team to discredit it as \u2018disinformation,\u2019 a move that \u201ccaused investigative activity to cease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One FBI agent named by the whistleblowers as having suppressed negative information about Hunter Biden and his laptop and business dealings was Timothy Thibault, who left his position last month.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Timothy Thibault OUT at the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>Reminder, according to a whistleblower, Thibault shut down investigative activity related to Hunter Biden and also sought to pad the FBI\u2019s number of \u201cdomestic violent extremism\u201d cases. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KLsE5cTN6W\">https:\/\/t.co\/KLsE5cTN6W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryGOP\/status\/1564347416794497024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryGOP\/status\/1564347416794497024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson Tuesday night, former Biden business partner Tony Bobulinski <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/04\/hunter-biden-defrauded-me-jim-biden-called-me-during-fbi-interview-ex-biz-partner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed the FBI had<\/a> buried his allegations against the President and his family.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Hunter Biden\u2019s former business partner Tony Bobulinski reveals that he presented evidence to the FBI that the Bidens committed multiple felonies but FBI agent Timothy Thibault, who ran point on the investigation, never followed up with him or his lawyers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9EmFvyzGLK\">pic.twitter.com\/9EmFvyzGLK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1577455970095013888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Hunter Biden&#39;s former business partner Tony Bobulinski reveals that he presented evidence to the FBI that the Bidens committed multiple felonies but FBI agent Timothy Thibault, who ran point on the investigation, never followed up with him or his lawyers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9EmFvyzGLK\">pic.twitter.com\/9EmFvyzGLK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1577455970095013888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bobulinsky said he was shocked to learn that Thibault simply left the FBI after the whistleblowers came forward to allege he had actively shut down investigations into Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Grassley\u2019s report contends that \u201can avenue of derogatory Hunter Biden reporting was ordered closed at the direction of\u201d Thibault.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI field office, it further argues, tried to downplay news on Biden\u2019s activity as \u201cdisinformation\u201d even though \u201call of the reporting was either verified or verifiable via criminal search warrants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thibault, according to Grassley, \u201csubsequently attempted to improperly mark the matter in FBI systems so that it could not be opened in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This deserves at least as much attention as the one-sided Jan 6 hearing:<br \/>\nIn October 2020, one month before the election, \u201can avenue of derogatory Hunter Biden reporting was ordered closed\u201d by a senior FBI agent at the bureau\u2019s Washington Field office. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k4ZAFtQ3wF\">https:\/\/t.co\/k4ZAFtQ3wF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Asman (@DavidAsmanfox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidAsmanfox\/status\/1551877711974617090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidAsmanfox\/status\/1551877711974617090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhen I \u2026 found out that Tim Thibault, the FBI agent that was assigned to run point on all the information I and my lawyers provided the FBI, had walked out of the building, I was sort of flabbergasted,\u201d Bobulinski told Carlson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, like what? This is crazy. Like when are the American people going to get the facts on all this?\u201d he wondered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact pattern is the FBI alone altered history in that election.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A new poll has revealed 78% of Americans say former President Donald Trump would have won the 2020 presidential election if voters had been given the truth about Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop, instead of being told it was merely \u201cRussian disinformation.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pIok67YcAz\">https:\/\/t.co\/pIok67YcAz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2suYhvGrf5\">pic.twitter.com\/2suYhvGrf5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Newsmax (@newsmax) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/newsmax\/status\/1571710686019063809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/newsmax\/status\/1571710686019063809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>AFL lead counsel Reed Rubinstein agrees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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\u2019s laptop,\u201d Rubinstein told Fox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was done to help Joe Biden and the Democrats win the 2020 election.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">More than 30 Senate Republicans call for Hunter Biden Prosecutor to be given Special Counsel authority -&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m9bgdIXpm4\">https:\/\/t.co\/m9bgdIXpm4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w8E7AJTG0g\">pic.twitter.com\/w8E7AJTG0g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Emanuel \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@MikeEmanuelFox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeEmanuelFox\/status\/1571860403755384832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeEmanuelFox\/status\/1571860403755384832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thirty-three Senate Republicans, <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/33-republican-senators-finally-start-demanding-accountability-for-hunter-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a letter to<\/a> Attorney General Merrick Garland last month, are requesting the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden be given special counsel privileges.<\/p>\n<p>The letter to Merrick Garland contends that evidence suggests Hunter Biden may have committed \u201cnumerous federal crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.feedspot.com\/political_blogs\/\">Feedspot\u2019s<\/a> \u201c100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A conservative legal group has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the FBI after they failed to turn over communications between the bureau and Big Tech companies such as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1674560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1674558","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\/1674558","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1674558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1674560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1674558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1674558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1674558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}