{"id":1984454,"date":"2023-07-27T18:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T22:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-abruptly-call-off-mark-zuckerberg-contempt-of-congress-vote-after-major-development\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T18:04:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T22:04:57","slug":"republicans-abruptly-call-off-mark-zuckerberg-contempt-of-congress-vote-after-major-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-abruptly-call-off-mark-zuckerberg-contempt-of-congress-vote-after-major-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans cancel Zuckerberg contempt vote after significant development."},"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\">16<\/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%2Frepublicans-abruptly-call-off-mark-zuckerberg-contempt-of-congress-vote-after-major-development%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=1984454&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--><h2>A House Committee Calls Off Contempt-of-Congress Vote \u2063Against Mark Zuckerberg<\/h2>\n<p>A House committee called off a vote Thursday on a \u2062recommendation\u2063 that\u200c Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg \u200bbe held in contempt of Congress for failing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-abruptly-call-off-mark-zuckerberg-contempt-of-congress-vote-after-major-development\/\" title=\"Republicans cancel Zuckerberg contempt vote after significant development.\">fully supply documents related<\/a> to \u200ban investigation into alleged censorship by tech companies\u200d of conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jim-jordan-exposes-evil-tactics-irs-agent-used-american-taxpayer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Jordan<\/a>, \u2064a Republican and chair of \u2064the Judiciary \u200dCommittee, posted on social media shortly before \u2063the committee was to meet \u2064that, \u201cBased on Facebook\u2019s newfound\u2064 commitment to fully cooperate \u200dwith the Committee\u2019s investigation, the Committee \u2062has decided to hold contempt in abeyance. For now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jordan added that contempt is still on the \u200dtable and would be used if <strong>Facebook fails to cooperate \u200bin FULL.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the committee had moved forward, it would have \u200dbeen up to\u2062 GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California to hold a full House vote on the contempt resolution \u200bas early \u2063as this\u200b fall, after the August recess.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THIS IS A GREAT POINT BY PROF \u200cTURLEY.<\/p>\n<p>Musk <strong>voluntarily<\/strong> \u200bhanded internal Twitter \u2063records &#038; documents proving illegal gov\u2019t censorship &#038; \u200cthreats directed at Twitter &#038; its staff to Congress \u200d&#038; to journalists, publicly stating HE HAD PURCHASED A CRIME\u2064 SCENE.<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg had to \u2062be\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L3qim6MpQq\">https:\/\/t.co\/L3qim6MpQq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Cates \u2013 Political Columnist &#038; Pundit (@drawandstrike) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drawandstrike\/status\/1684638322956619776?\">July 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If the\u2063 House were to hold <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/zuckerbergs-attempt-take-musks-twitter-tanking-day-data-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zuckerberg<\/a> in \u200bcontempt, \u200cthe Justice Department would decide whether to prosecute \u200chim.<\/p>\n<p>Andy\u2063 Stone, a spokesperson for \u2064Meta,\u200b has said the company\u200d has delivered more than 50,000 \u2063pages of both internal and\u2063 external documents to the committee since February.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Is Big Tech biased against conservatives?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>No<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting\u200c this poll \u2064entitles you to The Western \u2064Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at\u2063 anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy\u2062 Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of \u2063Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 100% (2 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He added that they also have made\u2062 current and\u200b former employees available for interviews\u2064 with lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>But the committee said Meta has produced \u200bonly documents between\u200d Meta and external entities, and a small subset of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-committee-moves-forward-with-plan-to-hold-meta-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-in-contempt\/\" title=\"House Committee Proceeds With Contempt Charges Against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.\">relevant internal documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mark\u200b Zuckerberg has brazenly defied a Congressional subpoena concerning his\u2064 role in sabotaging \u200dour democracy and 1st \u200dAmendment. Congress must proceed with contempt. And a note for Mr. Zuckerberg: it\u2019s a \u200c5 year statute of limitations on defying a subpoena. Garland can\u2019t save you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K4ofPGqX8k\">https:\/\/t.co\/K4ofPGqX8k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen Miller (@StephenM) \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenM\/status\/1684370439261372416?\">July 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s seeking \u200cmore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/revealed-whistleblower-docs-show-big-4-firms-massive-anti-racist-indoctrination\/\" title=\"Revealed: Whistleblower Docs Show \u2018Big 4\u2019 Firm\u2019s Massive \u2018Anti-Racist\u2019 Indoctrination\">internal company documents<\/a>, which it said would shed light \u200don how Meta evaluated and responded \u200bto requests or directives to\u200d censor content.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are skeptical of Jordan\u2019s effort.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/damaging-footage-hakeem-jeffries-resurfaces-just-house-democrats-select-new-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> of\u200c New York \u200csaid shortly before Jordan\u2019s announcement that \u201cit doesn\u2019t seem to have any basis in facts or\u2063 reality, \u2064but \u200dthat\u2019s consistent \u200bwith what the Judiciary Committee has done during this Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have\u2063 altered it \u2062prior to publication to ensure that it meets our \u200deditorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-republican-led-committee-calls-off-vote-hold-metas-mark-zuckerberg-contempt\/\">Republicans \u2063Abruptly Call Off Mark Zuckerberg Contempt-of-Congress Vote After Major Development<\/a> appeared \u200cfirst \u200con\u2063 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>media that the vote was postponed. The committee accused Zuckerberg of not providing sufficient documents regarding the alleged conservative censorship investigation. Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, a Republican and committee chair, announced the delay on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":1984455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/1984454","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\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1984455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}