{"id":2034877,"date":"2023-09-16T19:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T23:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-subpoenas-fbi-agent-over-biden-admin-alleged-effort-to-censor-speech\/"},"modified":"2023-09-16T19:06:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T23:06:58","slug":"jim-jordan-subpoenas-fbi-agent-over-biden-admin-alleged-effort-to-censor-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-subpoenas-fbi-agent-over-biden-admin-alleged-effort-to-censor-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Jordan subpoenas FBI agent over alleged Biden admin speech censorship."},"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\">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%2Fjim-jordan-subpoenas-fbi-agent-over-biden-admin-alleged-effort-to-censor-speech%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=2034877&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><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">  (Photo by JIM WATSON\/AFP\u2062 via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>3:59 PM \u200c\u2013 Saturday, September 16, 2023<\/p>\n<p>House Judiciary Committee\u200d Chairman Jim Jordan has issued a\u2064 subpoena for FBI Agent Elvis Chan after he backed out of testifying before the committee.<\/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>On\u2062 Friday, Chairman Jordan (R-Ohio) <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/republicans-judiciary.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/2023-09-15-jdj-to-chan-re-subpoena-cover-letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released a subpoena<\/a> against Agent Chan, accusing the executive branch of colluding with companies \u200bto censor speech.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe Committee on the Judiciary is conducting oversight of how and to what \u200cextent the Executive Branch has coerced\u2064 and colluded with companies and other intermediaries to censor speech,\u201d Jordan wrote. \u201cAs the primary liaison\u200c between the Federal Bureau of\u2062 Investigation\u2019s (FBI) Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF) and \u200dsocial media companies, you are uniquely positioned to aid the Committee\u2019s oversight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jordan alleges\u200d that during the COVID-19 outbreak, the federal \u200dgovernment worked with social media corporations to censor political opinions that contradicted their own.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman\u2064 further\u2064 claims that court proceedings and public \u2064reporting have revealed\u2063 how the government pressured\u2062 and colluded with\u200b Big Tech and other intermediaries to censor certain viewpoints,\u200c undermining First Amendment principles.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt is necessary for Congress to \u2064gauge the extent to which FBI agents coerced, pressured, worked \u200dwith, or relied upon \u2064social media and other \u200dtech companies to censor speech. The scope of the Committee\u2019s investigation includes understanding the\u2063 extent\u2064 and nature of the FBI\u2019s involvement\u200b in this censorship,\u201d Jordan wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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\">\ud83d\udea8\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jim_Jordan<\/a> just\u200d subpoenaed\u00a0Assistant Special\u200d Agent in \u2063Charge\u200c Elvis Chan to appear for a deposition on September 21, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The subpoena \u2062comes after the\u200b Department \u2064of Justice \u200dblocked\u00a0Chan\u2062 from appearing for a voluntary interview\u2064 with the\u200c House Judiciary\u200c Committee this morning. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LzOK4TzE8O\">pic.twitter.com\/LzOK4TzE8O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Weaponization Committee (@Weaponization) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Weaponization\/status\/1702785624023978282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 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>Chan was originally scheduled \u2063to give a \u200ctranscribed interview on Friday, but it\u2063 was canceled due to a disagreement between the FBI and the Committee. As a result, the committee\u2064 issued the subpoena.<\/p>\n<p>The subpoena comes amidst an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-we-cant-comment-on-rittenhouse-case-but-biden-opposes-vigilantes-with-assault-rifles\/\" title=\"Psaki: We Can\u2019t Comment On Rittenhouse Case, But Biden Opposes \u2018Vigilantes\u2019 With \u2018Assault Rifles\u2019\">ongoing court case<\/a>, <em>Missouri vs \u2063Biden<\/em>, where Republican-led states accuse the federal government of pressuring social\u2064 media platforms to censor political opinions \u2063regarding COVID-19\u2062 vaccines and \u200cmask requirements, which the Biden Administration\u200b considers misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for\u2063 free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This week has \u200cbeen filled with major headlines in the U.S. and \u2064around the world. One America\u2019s Rachel Acenas has our Week In Review.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p> UAW\u200b goes on strike, while AOC\u2019s constituents tell her to Close the Border.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>CA Bill AB 957 is headed to Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s desk. The bill would require judges in child custody cases\u2062 to consider\u2062 whether \u2062a parent has affirmed a child\u2019s gender.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In the \u200dsecond part of an exclusive interview, Representative\u2064 James Comer says Devon\u2064 Archer\u2019s testimony of a 2015 meeting\u2062 at Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-jim-jordan-and-james-comer-well-investigate-bidens-shady-business-dealings-when-republicans-take-the-house-in-november\/\" title=\"Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan and James Comer: We\u2019ll Investigate Bidens\u2019 Shady Business Dealings When Republicans Take the House in November\">vice-presidential residence<\/a> with Hunter\u2062 Biden and a Kazakh banker is yet more \u201cdirect evidence\u201d of corruption. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LONDON (Reuters) -The European Commission launched an investigation on Wednesday into whether to impose \u2064punitive tariffs to protect European Union automakers against\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) \u2013 ABB is spending $280 million on a new robotics factory in Sweden, the Swiss\u2062 engineering and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>PARIS (Reuters) \u2013 French Europe Minister Laurence Boon on Wednesday\u200b welcomed an \u200banti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric \u200dvehicles launched \u2062by the EU\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Mathieu Rosemain and Silvia Aloisi \u200bPARIS \u2062(Reuters)\u200b \u2013 \u200dApple said on Wednesday its iPhone 12 model \u2064was certified by multiple international\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What are\u2063 the \u2063allegations of collusion between the executive branch and tech companies\u200b in suppressing free\u2063 speech?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Subpoenas FBI Agent Elvis Chan over Alleged Executive \u2062Branch Collusion with \u200dTech\u2062 Companies<\/p>\n<p>Introduction<\/p>\n<p>In a significant development, House\u2062 Judiciary Committee \u200cChairman\u200d Jim Jordan has issued a subpoena for FBI Agent Elvis Chan after the latter backed out of testifying before the committee. This move comes after Chairman Jordan accused the \u2063executive branch of colluding with companies to censor speech, further heightening concerns over the extent \u200cof government involvement in curtailing First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>Subpoena Against Agent Elvis\u2064 Chan<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Chairman Jordan (R-Ohio) released a subpoena against Agent Elvis Chan, citing collusion between the \u200cexecutive branch and companies to suppress free \u2062speech. He\u200d accused the government of\u200c participating \u2064in an orchestrated effort to censor political opinions that contradicted their own. As the primary liaison between the FBI&#8217;s Foreign Influence\u200b Task \u2062Force (FITF) and social media companies, Agent Chan is seen as a key figure in aiding the committee&#8217;s oversight.<\/p>\n<p>Allegations of Government-Technology Company\u200b Collusion<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Jordan\u200b alleges that during the COVID-19 outbreak, the federal government actively collaborated \u200dwith \u2063social media \u200bcorporations to\u2063 suppress political viewpoints that diverged from \u200dthe \u2063official narrative. The\u2062 chairman \u200bfurther claims that court proceedings and public reporting have shed light on how the government pressured and colluded with Big \u200bTech and other\u200c intermediaries to censor certain viewpoints, thereby undermining the principles enshrined in the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>Scope of Congressional Investigation<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Jordan emphasizes the necessity for Congress to ascertain the extent \u2062to\u200d which \u2064FBI agents coerced, pressured,\u200d worked with, or relied \u200bupon social media and other tech companies to censor \u200cspeech. The committee&#8217;s \u200cinvestigation \u200bencompasses understanding \u200dthe scale and nature of the FBI&#8217;s involvement in such censorship practices.<\/p>\n<p>Subpoena Issued \u2062Amidst Ongoing Court Case<\/p>\n<p>The decision to issue the subpoena arises during the ongoing court case, &#8220;Missouri vs Biden,&#8221; wherein \u2064Republican-led states assert that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-subpoenas-fbi-agent-over-biden-admin-alleged-effort-to-censor-speech\/\" title=\"Jim Jordan subpoenas FBI agent over alleged Biden admin speech censorship.\">federal government exerted \u2063undue \u2063influence<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platforms<\/a> to suppress political\u200b opinions \u2063on COVID-19 vaccines \u2064and mask requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion<\/p>\n<p>The subpoena\u2063 issued by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan against FBI Agent Elvis Chan underscores mounting \u200dconcerns over the alleged collusion between the \u200bexecutive branch and technology companies in stifling free speech \u200band disseminating preferred narratives. \u200cThis move aims to shed light on \u200cthe extent to which \u2064government \u200cagencies pressure and collaborate with tech companies, impinging upon individuals&#8217; constitutional\u2062 rights. As the saga unfolds, \u200bit\u200b remains imperative to ensure a balance \u200cbetween protecting public health and safeguarding democratic principles of \u2063free expression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, who had initially declined to appear before the committee, has now subpoenaed FBI Agent Elvis Chan. 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