{"id":1720196,"date":"2022-11-01T14:03:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T18:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1720196"},"modified":"2022-11-01T14:03:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T18:03:53","slug":"dem-lawmaker-calls-on-biden-admin-to-investigate-musk-twitter-purchase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-lawmaker-calls-on-biden-admin-to-investigate-musk-twitter-purchase\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Lawmaker Calls on Biden Admin To Investigate Musk 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\">22<\/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%2Fdem-lawmaker-calls-on-biden-admin-to-investigate-musk-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=1720196&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> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/\">Media<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Sen. Chris Murphy&#8217;s letter comes as &#8216;free speech absolutist&#8217; Tesla CEO looks to rollback censorship on platform<\/p>\n<p>    Sen. Chris Murphy (D., Conn.) \/ Getty Images   <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/benjamin-wilson\/\" title=\"Posts by Benjamin Wilson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Benjamin Wilson<\/a> \u2022 November 1, 2022 2:00 pm  <\/p>\n<p>Just days after Elon Musk completed his takeover of Twitter, a top Democratic lawmaker is calling on the Biden administration to investigate the Tesla CEO&#8217;s $44 billion purchase.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter Monday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D., Conn.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.murphy.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/103122lettertocfiusretwitter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">requested<\/a> that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen &#8220;immediately conduct a review&#8221; of the funding Musk used from Saudi Arabia and Qatar, arguing Twitter is vital for government communication and is susceptible to foreign influence. The two countries&#8217; stakes comprise 5 percent of Twitter&#8217;s new funding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any potential that Twitter&#8217;s foreign ownership will result in increased censorship, misinformation, or political violence is a grave national security concern,&#8221; Murphy wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat&#8217;s letter comes as Musk, a self-described &#8220;free speech absolutist,&#8221; looks to ease censorship and reverse permanent bans, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/10\/27\/musk-twitter-washington-trumps-return-00063933\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/10\/27\/musk-twitter-washington-trumps-return-00063933&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1667405067734000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3KDKNjFbN2Hs2RRpIK2FPi\">including<\/a> on former president Donald Trump&#8217;s account.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/senate-democrats-block-bills-to-bolster-school-security-mental-health-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/senate-democrats-block-bills-to-bolster-school-security-mental-health-resources\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1667405067734000&#038;usg=AOvVaw04cUrOy4A9nnfZw4q4zA2M\">who made headlines<\/a> in September for blocking a bill to increase school security and mental health resources, acknowledged the countries&#8217; stakes were &#8220;non-controlling&#8221; but said a company with Americans&#8217; &#8220;sensitive personal data&#8221; should be protected.<\/p>\n<p>Musk took over the company last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/the-bird-is-freed-elon-musk-takes-over-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/the-bird-is-freed-elon-musk-takes-over-twitter\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1667405067734000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1yMSVKjYm78icm5BF7b57Y\">tweeting<\/a> Friday: &#8220;The bird is freed.&#8221; He is <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/report-elon-musk-to-lay-off-quarter-of-twitter-workforce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/report-elon-musk-to-lay-off-quarter-of-twitter-workforce\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1667405067734000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1Mu53d4m6-h76x9QdeK6TD\">reportedly expected<\/a> to lay off a quarter of the tech company&#8217;s workforce.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/report-biden-admin-weighs-security-review-of-musk-twitter-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/report-biden-admin-weighs-security-review-of-musk-twitter-deal\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1667405067734000&#038;usg=AOvVaw13ufqLbzP2gmzjdrCdZofF\">reportedly weighing<\/a> an investigation into Musk&#8217;s activities, including the social media takeover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just days after Elon Musk completed his takeover of Twitter, a top Democratic lawmaker is calling on the Biden administration to investigate the Tesla CEO&#8217;s $44 billion purchase.<br \/>\nThe post Dem Lawmaker Calls on Biden Admin To Investigate Musk Twitter Purchase appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1467,"featured_media":1720199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1720196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720196","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\/1467"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1720196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1720199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1720196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1720196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1720196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}