ELONGATE: GOP Reps Demand Twitter Preserve All Musk Takeover Bid Records
By sweN TR
ELONGATE: GOP Reps Demand Twitter Preserve All Musk Takeover Bid Records
18 House Republican have moved to ensure Twitter safeguards all personal and company records relating to Elon Musk’s buyout bids, sparking the likelihood of a congressional investigation should the GOP win back a majority in the midterms.
The lawmakers’ letter to Twitter’s board justified their request as a push to “examine Big Tech and how to best protect Americans’ free speech rights”.
The GOP vs Twitter war dates back to October 2020, when the platform buried links to a New York Post story exposing Hunter Biden and his father’s business links – which then-CEO Jack Dorsey admitted was “wrong”.