Former President Donald Trump called for an investigation into the FBI and "powerful corporations" for "systematically colluding" to advance a "censorship regime" in a video posted to Rumble Wednesday.

"The now-famous Twitter Files have proven beyond all doubt that the corrupt officials at the FBI have been coordinating a massive censorship, surveillance and propaganda campaign against the American people and, frankly, against me," Trump said in the video posted on Rumble. "In the most recent and notorious example, the FBI worked to stop the truth from being told about the Biden family's criminality."

Journalist Michael Shellenberger reported that the FBI contacted Twitter about potential leaks involving Hunter Biden prior to the New York Post reporting on the contents of a laptop Biden abandoned at a computer repair shop. The documents Shellenberger obtained revealed that the FBI paid Twitter almost $3.5 million to reimburse the company for time spent responding to requests from the agency.

The FBI also promised to be "the belly button" for requests from the intelligence community, journalist Matt Taibbi reported. The FBI made the promise after a Twitter executive raised concerns about the participation of the State Department's Global Engagement Center due to its "political" nature, according to emails Taibbi published.