In December of last year the FBI put out the following statement after the release of a batch of Twitter Files showing how the government leaned on Twitter and other social media platforms to suppress what they called “misinformation.” This was the FBI’s statement at the time:
FBI Statement:
"The correspondence between the FBI and Twitter show nothing more than examples of our traditional, longstanding and ongoing federal government and private sector engagements, which involve numerous companies over multiple sectors and industries.— Jake Gibson (@JakeBGibson) December 21, 2022
As evidenced in the correspondence, the FBI provides critical information to the private sector in an effort to allow them to protect themselves and their customers.
— Jake Gibson (@JakeBGibson) December 21, 2022
The men and women of the FBI work every day to protect the American public. It is unfortunate that conspiracy theorists and others are feeding the American public misinformation with the sole purpose of attempting to discredit the agency."
— Jake Gibson (@JakeBGibson) December 21, 2022
This week came more bombshells about the FBI/DOJ during a House Oversight Committee hearing yesterday featuring testimony from four former Twitter executives. That was followed today with Jim Jordan’s committee on the weaponization of the FBI. Jordan kicked off the hearing by reading a long list of what numerous FBI whistleblowers have disclosed along with reprimands some received.
Add all that up and the FBI obviously thought another statement for damage control purposes was in order.
Does this sound pretty much like the FBI’s December statement? It’s basically “don’t believe your lying eyes and ears”:
Well, that settles it. pic.twitter.com/sfBnGa0Ajo
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) February 9, 2023
At some point, you’d think they might find it appropriate to at least acknowledge some of what’s become obvious, but guess not.
— Brett 🍥 (@BretterMeme) February 9, 2023
I'm more worried about the FBI's lack of a relationship with reality lately.
— colovion (@Colovion) February 9, 2023
The FBI should have NO relationship with any social media company, period.
— Levi Anthony (@levi_anth0ny) February 9, 2023
The FBI investigated the FBI and found that the FBI did not do anything wrong.
Yeah, guess that does settle it. 🤡 https://t.co/qTP53QVsVq
— Drew, Commander of the #WoopTroop (@DrewBergt) February 9, 2023
The FBI’s statements on these matters lately have become real-world examples of the “nothing to see here” meme.
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Joe Scarborough and Jen Psaki must be pretty scared of Twitter-FBI revelations to be this dismissive
