Top House Republicans blister Homeland chief Mayorkas over censorship, personal honesty

 In a blistering oversight letter, 16 prominent House Republicans are accusing the Homeland Security Department of using a private group to "silence narratives" during elections and directly challenging the honesty of Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas concerning allegations he made against border patrol agents. The letter was organized by Rep. James Comer

While the Administration has paused the creation of its Disinformation Governance Board, DHS continues to suppress dissenting viewpoints

• Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) collaborated with and endorsed the censorship activities of a private consortium called the Election Integrity Partnership
• The collaboration led to numerous requests to social media companies to censor, throttle, or label as disinformation content involving 20 news sites, two dozen conservative influencers, and nearly 22 million tweets during the 2020 election
• Some federal agencies and the Democrat Party filed tickets seeking the private group's help censoring content, allowed federal officials to monitor the tickets and included a Harvard University center cofounded by Hillary Clinton's former campaign manager Robby Mook

The letter demands the department turn over to the Republican lawmakers all documents and communications referring or relating to the inception and operation of the Election Integrity Partnership or any other online content monitoring program hosted by or in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security

• It puts the agency on notice that if Republicans take control of the House in January they will be investigating the censorship activities and will have the power to compel the evidence sought in the letter
• In addition to Comer, Jordan and Foxx, other signatories of the letter included:
• Reps. Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin, Michael Cloud of Texas, Bob Gibbs of Ohio, Clay Higgins of Louisiana, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Pete Sessions of TX, Fred Keller of Pennsylvania, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Scott Franklin of Florida

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