New DHS Disinfo Board Documents Reveal Deep Big Tech Collusion, Contradict Mayorkas Testimony: Sen. Hawley

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Sen. Rep. Rep. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, released newly obtained documents Wednesday that contradict DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorcas May's controversial testimony to the Information Management Board.

In an open letter to Markus, Hawley said the new documents show the board's plans for major technology partnerships are "much broader" than DHS or the Biden administration previously believed.

© Kevin Ditch/Getty Images Josh Hawley, Missouri Peter "Madge" Zatko, former Twitter security chief, questions during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Twitter's data security on September 13, 2022 in Washington. Kevin Ditch/Getty Images

Hawley and Sen. Rep. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released documents obtained by the drive earlier this year detailing the board's intentions.

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Hawley said the new documents also show that Big Tech is more involved in censorship than previously thought.

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Hawley said new evidence suggests the Disinformation Council planned to meet with Nathaniel Gleicher, the company's director of security policy, at the time of the New York Post report on Hunter Biden's laptop.

© REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mallorca testifies before a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on "Global Threats to the Homeland" on Capitol Hill, November 15, 2022, in Washington. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy

Another revelation from the new documents, Hawley said, was that the board's short-term executive, Nina Jankovic, pushed DHS to establish an "analytical exchange" with "industry partners" — perhaps to "squelch the speech" of big tech companies. Agree with the government.

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"You continue your blatant attempt to avoid transparency and circumvent Congressional oversight," Hawley wrote to Marcus. "The documents that arrived at my office 6 months after I requested them were so redacted that most of them were unreadable."

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Hawley asked Mayorkas to turn over the documents he provided, as well as records in response to a previous surveillance request, to Congress. According to the board's investigation, Hawley said he would release all the documents in his possession "so that the American people can judge [DHS's] speech-censorship efforts for themselves."

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DHS canceled the council's plans in August after putting it on "hold" in May. Mayorkas first announced the creation of the council in April, testifying before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee.

"The goal is to mobilize (DHS) resources to address this threat," Mallorca said at the hearing, adding that the department intends to focus on disinformation in minority communities before the 2022 midterm elections.

It was later announced that Nina Yankovic, a disinformation fellow at the Wilson Center, would lead the council as executive director. Yankovic resigned less than a month after the board was dismissed. Recently registered as a foreign agent.

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