Thursday, January 12, 2023

Rule of Law.

At the social media platform Twitter, "It appears that till (Elon) Musk took over, matters like what tweets were deleted and which users banned were to a large extent decided by American security and intelligence, especially the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)," wrote Sandipan Deb. "In the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, which Donald Trump narrowly lost, the agencies had asked for the suspension of a staggering 250,000 user accounts." "The FBI pressured Twitter to suppress the Post's blockbuster scoop about Hunter Biden's laptop by warning it could be part of a Russian 'hack and leak' operation - even while knowing the concern was unfounded, according to internal company records." New York Post. "The whistleblower who revealed the contents of US President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden's laptop claimed in a new book that an FBI agent threatened him to stay silent." News18. Apparently, one agent DeMeo said, "It is our experience that nothing ever happens to people that don't talk about these things." However, Biden supporter CNN rubbished these allegations. "In fact, the opposite view emerges from sworn testimony by an FBI agent at the center of the controversy. And in interviews with CNN, half a dozen tech executives and senior staff, along with multiple federal officials familiar with the matter, all deny such a directive was given." They are hardly likely to admit that they acted as bandits. "The FBI paid Twitter nearly $3.5 million of taxpayer cash to ban accounts largely linked to conservative voices and target so-called 'foreign influence' operations, the latest installment of the 'Twitter Files' revealed." New York Post. "An FBI agent who was accused of bias in handling the investigation into Hunter Biden's laptop has resigned." Fox. FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Timothy Thibault "retired over the weekend, according to a source familiar with the matter. He was walked out of the building.., which is standard procedure, per the source." How convenient! "From 2013 through 2018 Hunter Biden and his company brought in about $11 million via his roles as an attorney and a board member with an Ukrainian firm accused of bribery and his work with a Chinese businessman now accused of fraud according to an NBC News analysis of a copy of Biden's hard drive and iCloud account and documents released by Republicans on two Senate committees. The documents and the analysis, which don't show what he did to earn millions from his Chinese partners, raise questions about national security, business ethics and potential legal exposure." "US President Joe Biden's officials have found a fresh batch of classified government records at a second location, in growing political embarrassment for the White House." BBC. This was from when Biden was vice-president to Obama. The US lectures the world about Rule of Law. But it seems that some are immune. Just like in India. 

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