What did House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan report regarding his experience with the FBI in 2020?
Jim Jordan confirmed he received a “defensive briefing” from the FBI in 2020, which he described as a “farce.” He stated that agents told him to stop looking into Hunter Biden and that the briefing was part of the Round River operation that labeled him as a Russian “conduit.”
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What specific actions did Twitter and Facebook take when the New York Post published its story on October 14, 2020?
Upon the publication of the New York Post's exclusive story, Twitter locked the New York Post out of its own account for posting the article, and Facebook limited the distribution of the story.
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How did the Round River operation influence the social media handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story?
The operation provided institutional cover that allowed Facebook and Twitter to throttle, limit, and bury the New York Post's reporting in real time. By treating the material as the product of a foreign influence operation, social media platforms were able to justify censorship under the banner of "election integrity" during the final weeks of the 2020 campaign.
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Which high-ranking officials were designated as “conduits” of Russian disinformation under the Round River operation?
The FBI formally designated several senior Trump administration officials as “conduits,” including then-Attorney General Bill Barr and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. It also included Republican senators Chuck Grassley, Ron Johnson, and Lindsey Graham, as well as House figures Devin Nunes and Jim Jordan.
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