{"id":1684484,"date":"2022-10-12T06:05:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T10:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1684484"},"modified":"2022-10-12T06:05:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T10:05:47","slug":"fbi-agents-involved-in-facebooks-suppression-of-hunter-biden-laptop-story-were-democrat-donors-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-agents-involved-in-facebooks-suppression-of-hunter-biden-laptop-story-were-democrat-donors-records\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Agents Involved in Facebook\u2019s Suppression of Hunter Biden Laptop Story Were Democrat Donors: Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Ffbi-agents-involved-in-facebooks-suppression-of-hunter-biden-laptop-story-were-democrat-donors-records%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=1684484&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--><p>Two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fbi\">FBI<\/a> agents whose communications with Meta resulted in the social media company\u2019s suppression of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-hunter-biden\">Hunter Biden<\/a> laptop story were donors of the Democratic Party, records show.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, the parent company of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-facebook\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/facebook-reduced-reach-of-posts-about-hunter-biden-laptop-in-lead-up-to-2020-election-zuckerberg_4690389.html\">told Joe Rogan<\/a> in late August that the company\u00a0actively reduced the reach of social media posts about the laptop of Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden\u2019s son, in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election, adding that the move was\u00a0in response to a general advisory from the FBI for Facebook staffers to be vigilant for Russian propaganda before the election.<\/p>\n<p>Laura Dehmlow and Elvis Chan were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/fbi-team-involved-in-censorship-of-hunter-biden-laptop-story-identified_4781643.html\">later identified<\/a>\u00a0by Meta as the FBI officials who were \u201cinvolved in the communications between the FBI and Meta that led to Facebook\u2019s suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story,\u201d according to an amended complaint (<a href=\"https:\/\/ago.mo.gov\/docs\/default-source\/press-releases\/doc-84---second-amended-complaint.pdf?sfvrsn=ddefcefa_2\">pdf<\/a>) filed on Oct. 6. Dehmlow serves as the\u00a0unit chief for the FBI\u2019s Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF), and\u00a0Chan is the\u00a0head of the FBI\u2019s San Francisco cyber division.<\/p>\n<p>Campaign finance records on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;contributor_name=chan%2C+elvis&amp;contributor_name=dehmlow%2C+laura\">Federal Election Commission website<\/a> show that both Dehmlow and Chan have contributed to the Democratic Party. In particular, Dehmlow donated a total of $60 to the\u00a0Democratic National Committee in 2020, and\u00a0Chan donated $50 each to Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) ahead of their runoff election in November 2020.<\/p>\n<p>News of the FBI agents\u2019 donations to the Democrats comes amid longstanding concerns of political bias in the domestic security service. GOP lawmakers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/fbi-nixed-hunter-biden-probe-pre-2020-election-using-playbook-of-dem-lawmakers-sen-grassley-alleges_4625806.html\">have previously alleged<\/a> that the FBI shut down an investigation into alleged crimes by Hunter Biden over allegations of\u00a0disinformation by Democrat lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Eric-Schmitt-GettyImages-1411839296-1200x662-1.jpg\"><\/a> Missouri Attorney General and Republican Senate candidate Eric Schmitt speaks to supporters at Colton\u2019s Annex in Poplar Bluff, Mo., on July 30, 2022. (Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images) Lawsuit Alleges Government\u2013Big Tech Collusion <\/p>\n<p>The Oct. 6 complaint,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two FBI agents whose communications with Meta resulted in the social media company\u2019s suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story were donors of the Democratic Party, records show. 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