Jan 12, 2023
Former US President Donald Trump is calling on leaders in Congress to look into the ways the FBI and other government agencies colluded with Big Tech companies to stifle Americans' free speech. "The new Congress should immediately hold hearings to investigate the role of the FBI and other federal agencies in censoring lawful speech," Trump said in a video message published Wednesday. "Congressional leaders should promptly issue subpoenas in furtherance of this goal." In addition, Trump called for "a 7-year cooling off period before any employee of these powerful agencies is allowed to take a job at a major platform." The message came just a day after the House of Representatives voted along party lines to create the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, an effort that has drawn comparisons to the famed Church Committee that investigated the CIA in the 1970s. The panel will probe the extent to which US government agencies w