{"id":1994827,"date":"2023-08-08T21:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T01:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-facebook-files-the-meeting-behind-hunter-bidens-laptop-story\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T21:17:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T01:17:33","slug":"the-facebook-files-the-meeting-behind-hunter-bidens-laptop-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-facebook-files-the-meeting-behind-hunter-bidens-laptop-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The Facebook Files: The Meeting on Hunter Biden&#8217;s 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\">20<\/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%2Fthe-facebook-files-the-meeting-behind-hunter-bidens-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=1994827&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 class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In \u2063this\u200c photo illustration, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-book-claims-facebook-knew-of-election-interference-in-early-2016\/\" title=\"New book claims Facebook knew of election interference in early 2016\">smart phone screen displays<\/a> the \u200clogo of Facebook on\u200b a \u2064Facebook website background, on April 7, 2021, in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roy \u2062Francis<\/a><br \/>6:14\u2063 PM \u2013 Tuesday, August 8, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>In the \u2064latest batch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-kennedy-asked-the-fbi-to-look-into-speaker-pelosis-father-for-connections-to-the-mob-documents-quietly-released-last-week-confirm-this\/\" title=\"President Kennedy Asked the FBI to Look Into Speaker Pelosi\u2019s Father for Connections to the Mob \u2013 Documents Quietly Released Last Week Confirm This\">documents released<\/a> by\u200d Representative Jim Jordan, he discussed how the Federal Bureau of \u200cInvestigation (FBI) lied \u2062about a\u2064 meeting that took place\u2063 between \u200b\u201cBig \u200bTech\u201d and the <em>New \u200bYork Post<\/em> regarding Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop\u2062 story.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Jordan (R-Ohio) said that\u200c the Facebook documents show how FBI Special Agent Elvis \u200cChan, the main conduit between\u2064 the FBI\u2019s Foreign Influence \u200cTask Force and\u200b Big \u2062Tech, had\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-gop-governor-rips-mlb-for-caving-to-cancel-culture-says-president-biden-is-lying-about-voting-reform-bill\/\" title=\"Georgia GOP Governor Rips MLB For \u2018Caving To Cancel Culture,\u2019 Says President Biden Is \u2018Lying\u2019 About Voting Reform Bill\">made false statement<\/a> during \u200dthe testimony about the bureau\u2019s\u200c role in \u200cthe suppression of the laptop story.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 files show that Laura Dehmlow, the \u200bcurrent Section Chief of the Foreign \u200dInfluence Task Force, had said that she had no\u2064 comment about the laptop \u200dwhen asked by Facebook \u200cexecutives \u2062if it was real.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b meeting where the question was asked had \u2062taken place on the same day that the New York\u2063 Post\u200b had published its story, and\u200b the FBI \u200dwere already\u2062 in possession\u2062 of \u200dthe laptop \u200dat the \u200dtime.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Laura Dehmlow is the current \u2062Section Chief \u2064of the Foreign Influence Task Force.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 14, when Facebook asked\u200d if\u2062 the \u200dlaptop was real,\u200c she responded \u201cno comment\u201d\u2064 even though\u2063 the \u2062FBI \u2063had the \u2062laptop and knew it was real.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1688553342841077761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In July, during her testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, and the Weaponization of the Federal Government committee, \u200dshe revealed that the \u201cFBI deliberately withheld critical information from social \u2064media companies\u201d regarding the laptop.<\/p>\n<p>She also \u2063revealed that\u200b the FBI had met with Twitter before meeting with Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>During the bureau\u2019s\u200d meeting \u2064with Twitter, they were asked if the laptop was real, where \u200ca similar \u201cno further comment\u201d \u2063answer was given.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When Twitter asked if the laptop was real, an FBI agent said \u201cyes.\u201d But a second FBI \u200cagent\u2014a lawyer\u2014jumped in, cut him off, and \u2062said, \u201cno further comment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the transcript for yourself: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2GxBWVOk7v\">pic.twitter.com\/2GxBWVOk7v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1688553347517730816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Jordan revealed that an unidentified individual at the FBI had ordered that the FBI \u2063would \u2062say \u2018no\u200c comment\u2019\u201d \u200cwhen asked about the laptop.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">But it gets better.\u2062 Dehmlow revealed that \u2062the FBI then\u2063 had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-facebook-files-the-meeting-behind-hunter-bidens-laptop-story\/\" title=\"The Facebook Files: The Meeting on Hunter Biden's Laptop Story\">emergency \u2062internal deliberations<\/a> to decide how to answer that same \u2063question going \u2064forward.<\/p>\n<p>Someone at the FBI\u2014the FBI refuses to\u200c say who\u2014ordered that the\u2064 FBI would say \u201cno\u200b comment\u201d going forward. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4pBU8UKJQ1\">pic.twitter.com\/4pBU8UKJQ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1688553349468045313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>During his testimony\u2062 in November 2022, agent Chan \u200bhad been deposed as a \u201ckey figure in the\u2062 government\u2019s censorship \u200bregime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the deposition he said that he was \u201cconfident\u201d\u2064 that \u200bhe had\u200b not been part of any meeting other \u2064than the meeting between\u2062 Facebook and the FBI, and that he said he was not aware of any communication between the \u200ctwo regarding \u200dthe laptop story.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chan was asked again if, other than the October 14 \u2064Facebook-FITF meeting, he was \u201caware of any communications between anyone at Facebook and anyone at the FBI related to the Hunter Biden laptop story?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He answered: \u201cNo.\u201d \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bwHXU9DjpC\">pic.twitter.com\/bwHXU9DjpC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1688553366824050688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Jordan revealed that documents show Chan had had a follow up call with\u200d Facebook regarding the story.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">COMPLETELY FALSE. <\/p>\n<p>The Committee \u200chas recently obtained an internal Facebook document PROVING that Agent Chan had a\u2062 secret \u201cfollow up\u201d call with\u200c Facebook about the Hunter Biden laptop story on October 15, just one day after the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nypost<\/a> story\u2064 and the first Facebook meeting!\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fPkUQzDIy4\">pic.twitter.com\/fPkUQzDIy4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1688553368694734848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, \u20622023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Chan also \u2064went to \u2064say \u2063that \u2062he had no knowledge of the FBI\u2019s\u2064 investigation into Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop, which was \u200dalso false.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">But the Facebook employee, an ex-FBI agent, wrote\u2014the day after\u2062 the story broke\u2014that\u2062 \u201cChan\u200b advised that he was up \u200bto speed on the current \u2062state of the matter within the\u2062 FBI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chan also told\u200c FB that \u201cthere was no current evidence to suggest \u200bany foreign connection\u2026of the\u2064 leaks.\u201d\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LTJ28OhFwy\">pic.twitter.com\/LTJ28OhFwy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2063 Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan)\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1688553373044264961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Ohio Representative\u2064 said that in\u2062 July, a \u2062federal court \u201chad\u2064 granted\u200d an injunction \u2062prohibiting \u2064the Biden Administration from\u2064 continuing to censor Americans,\u201d\u2064 but President\u200b Biden\u2019s\u200c Department of Justice is appealing the injunction and will hear arguments on Thursday. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That\u2062 injunction would\u2064 stop\u2064 the government from \u2064censoring Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s DOJ\u200b is APPEALING \u2062the decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1688553383546761216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7,\u2064 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed!\u200b Receive breaking news blasts directly to your \u200cinbox for free. Subscribe here. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Something fishy is\u200b going on in Cuyahoga \u2064Falls, while the Biden\u200c Admin.\u2064 is sued for\u2064 allegedly censoring Vaccine discourse.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Hundreds of Trump supporters turn out in Windham, New\u2063 Hampshire \u2063to \u200chear from the 45th president.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Spokeswoman for Make America \u2064Great\u200b Again Inc. Karoline Leavitt \u200dsays that Americans want a\u200d true commander-in-chief once again.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Following a congressional forum for \u2063Gold Star families of the U.S. soldiers killed in \u200da suicide bombing in Afghanistan\u2019s \u200dlast year, California Congressman Darrell Issa says the Biden Administration is in \u201ctwo forms of\u2063 damage control.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>BENGALURU (Reuters) \u2013 \u200dSouth Korea\u2019s Hyundai Motor\u200d Group said on Tuesday \u2062it plans to launch more electric vehicles under the Hyundai and\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>BERLIN (Reuters)\u2062 \u2013 German technology group Robert Bosch said on Tuesday that it will establish a joint venture with TSMC, Infineon and\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>TAIPEI (Reuters) \u2013 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing \u2062Co (TSMC) said on Tuesday that\u2064 its board had approved a 3.5\u200d billion euro ($3.8 billion)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By Gwladys Fouche\u2062 OSLO (Reuters) \u200b\u2013 Meta\u2063 Platforms \u200cis\u2063 asking a court in Norway to stop\u2064 a fine \u2062the \u200cNordic country\u2019s data\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this photo, a smartphone screen shows Facebook&#8217;s logo on its website background. 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