Republican House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan and his allies in Congress are demanding documents from and meetings with leading academics who study disinformation, increasing pressure on a group they accuse of colluding with government officials to suppress conservative speech.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
These academics studied falsehoods spread by Trump. Now the GOP wants answers.
Rep. Jim Jordan is demanding emails and meetings with leading disinformation researchers, part of a flurry of records requests, subpoenas and lawsuits that academics say have become a means of harassment
By Naomi Nix
and Updated June 6, 2023 at 1:56 p.m. EDT|Published June 6, 2023 at 1:08 p.m. EDT