Rep. Chris Stewart questioned Maya Wiley, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, during a House Judiciary hearing Thursday on government censorship of social media.
The committee also invited Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to testify on the subject, drawing pushback from Democratic lawmakers.
After some back and forth, Wiley said it was unconstitutional to pass laws that would censor free speech. Stewart replied by saying laws aren't necessary for censorship. Wiley said that there are cases of criminal prosecution when U.S. officials may ask news agencies to help protect the integrity of the investigation.
"Does it bother you that 51 former intelligence officials made a determination that the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation? That they admit, by the way, that they have no evidence at all that that was true."Dems oppose testimony from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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