Jordan Rips Mayorkas Scheme to Censor Conservatives Ahead of 2024 Election

House Republicans are expressing serious worries about the testimony provided by Alejandro Mayorkas, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in relation to President Biden's alleged involvement in the 2024 presidential election interference.

In a letter addressed to Mayorkas on Friday, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jim Jordan from Ohio, emphasized discrepancies in Mayorkas's recent testimony before the Committee on July 26, 2023. These inconsistencies pertain to the federal agency's actions in censoring information.

Mayorkas claimed in his testimony that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which has been a subject of controversy, does not engage in speech censorship. However, this assertion contradicts a federal court's findings in the Missouri v. Biden case.

Jordan wrote in the letter, which was also signed by Republican Representatives Mike Johnson from Louisiana, Thomas Massie from Kentucky, and Dan Bishop from North Carolina, that "Your statements during the hearing contained several claims about the Department's censorship activities that don't align with a federal court's findings and information possessed by the Committee."

As per information from Republicans' press release, a preliminary injunction motion from the court indicated that CISA was involved in pressuring social media platforms to censor content protected by the First Amendment, encompassing both domestically sourced and foreign-sourced disinformation.

Furthermore, the letter cites evidence gathered by the committee indicating that officials from CISA marked "misinformation," which included domestically originated political statements, for deletion on social media platforms. This situation raises concerns about the true motives of the agency.

House Republicans indicated that Mayorkas's assertion that the practice of "switchboarding" was no longer used by CISA contradicts communications from February 2021, where CISA officials flagged alleged disinformation related to domestic elections.

The letter also highlights disparities in Mayorkas's definition of "malinformation." While he defined it during the testimony as "false information used for a specific purpose," CISA's definition characterizes it as "information based on fact, but taken out of context to mislead, harm, or manipulate." Republicans warned that this significant divergence in definitions is concerning due to potential implications for Americans' civil liberties.

The letter from House Republicans urges Mayorkas to rectify his testimony. They emphasize that the evidence presented raises apprehensions about the possible misuse of governmental authority to stifle speech and control the narrative, especially during a critical electoral period.