House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed documents from the director of national intelligence on Thursday, saying the documents are necessary to review as part of his committee’s investigation into the federal government’s censorship efforts.
Jordan asked that DNI Avril Haines provide all records of any of the Office of Director of National Intelligence’s communications related to the “moderation, deletion, suppression, restriction, or reduced circulation of content,” according to a copy of the subpoena reviewed by the Washington Examiner.
Jordan wrote in an accompanying letter to Haines that her responses to the committee’s prior voluntary requests have been “woefully inadequate.” The subpoena requires Haines to respond to him by Feb. 9.
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“It is necessary for Congress to gauge the extent to which ODNI officials have coerced, pressured, worked with, or relied upon social media and other tech companies to censor speech,” Jordan wrote.
The Washington Examiner reached out to the ODNI for comment.
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