New DHS Disinfo Board documents reveal deep Big Tech collusion, contradict Mayorkas testimony: Sen. Hawley

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Wednesday revealed newly obtained paperwork that appeared to problem DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ Might testimony on the controversial Disinformation Governance Board. 

In an open letter to Mayorkas, Hawley stated the brand new paperwork expose that the Board’s plans to associate with Massive Tech have been “way more in depth” than DHS or the Biden administration has beforehand acknowledged.

Hawley and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, revealed paperwork obtained by a whistleblower earlier this 12 months detailing the scope of the Board. 

Hawley stated the brand new paperwork present that the Board’s Steering Group met on Feb. 4, 2022 – and have been assembly on a weekly foundation – regardless of Mayorkas’ testimony on Might 4, 2022, that “the board has not but met.” 

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The brand new paperwork additional reveal, Hawley stated, that Massive Tech was extra deeply concerned in censorship actions than beforehand thought. 

In line with Hawley, the brand new information present that the Disinformation Board deliberate to fulfill with Nathaniel Gleicher of Meta, who headed the corporate’s safety coverage in the course of the suppression of The New York Submit’s Hunter Biden laptop computer story. 

Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies earlier than a Home Homeland Safety Committee listening to on “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland” on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 15, 2022. 
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One other revelation from the brand new paperwork, Hawley stated, the Board’s short-lived Govt Director, Nina Jankowicz, pushed for DHS to determine an “analytic trade” with “business companions” – probably in order that Massive Tech firms might coordinate “speech suppression” with the federal government. 

“[Y]ou have continued your blatant try and keep away from transparency and sidestep congressional oversight,” Hawley wrote to Mayorkas. “The paperwork your turned over to my workplace, six months after I requested them, are so closely redacted most are illegible.” 

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Hawley requested that Mayorkas hand over all paperwork produced to Congress in addition to information conscious of his earlier oversight requests. Per his investigation into the Board, Hawley stated he will likely be releasing all the paperwork in his possession “so Individuals can choose for themselves [DHS’s] efforts to censor speech.” 

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DHS canceled plans for the Board in August after it was placed on “pause” in Might. Mayorkas first introduced the creation of the Board throughout testimony in April earlier than the Home Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Safety. 

“The purpose is to carry the assets of (DHS) collectively to handle this risk,” Mayorkas stated in the course of the listening to, including that the division was meant to give attention to the unfold of disinformation in minority communities forward of the 2022 midterm elections.

It was later reported that Nina Jankowicz, who beforehand served as a disinformation fellow on the Wilson Middle, would head the Board as govt director. Jankowicz resigned from her put up after lower than a month on the job amid the board’s dissolution. She just lately registered as a overseas agent.