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Calling it a 'Necessary First Step to Stop Weaponization of the Federal Government,'...

• by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D.

The 17,019-page final report, released Dec. 20 by the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, highlighted "numerous instances of the federal government being weaponized against the American people."

During the Biden administration, Americans faced a "two-tiered system of government — one of favorable treatment for the politically-favored class, and one of intimidation and unfairness for the rest of American citizens," according to a report released late last week.

The 17,019-page final report, released Dec. 20 by the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, highlighted "numerous instances of the federal government being weaponized against the American people."

The report's introduction also detailed attempts by the FBI to investigate parents who expressed opposition to COVID-19 restrictions at school board meetings, referring to this as an example of a "two-tiered system of government."

The committee accused multiple federal agencies, including the White House, of engaging in a "vast censorship campaign against so-called mis-, dis-, or malinformation," during the Biden administration.

The Biden-Harris administration worked with private entities, nonprofit groups, foreign actors and academics to form a "censorship-industrial complex" that censored speech that questioned official narratives, the report said.

The report highlighted U.S. government efforts to censor true information, government partnerships with universities and foreign intelligence agencies to censor speech, government efforts to "harass Elon Musk's Twitter," and the government's "attempt to control artificial intelligence to suppress free speech."

The subcommittee said the report is "a necessary first step to stop the weaponization of the federal government."

The report largely consisted of previously released documents and the transcripts of closed-door interviews and depositions the panel conducted, but also contained new documents and the subcommittee's final conclusions.

In a statement cited by Fox News, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, called the subcommittee's report a success. He said:

"The Weaponization Committee conducted rigorous oversight of the Biden-Harris administration's weaponized government and uncovered numerous examples of federal government abuses. …

"Through our oversight, we protected the First Amendment by investigating the censorship-industrial-complex, heard from numerous brave whistleblowers, stopped the targeting of Americans by the IRS and Department of Justice, and created serious legislative and policy changes that will benefit all Americans."


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