John Bickley

He answered and I was like, I'm going to read this email back to you now. And it was just like, I'm not talking to you. Goodbye. And I did this dozens of times to very important people and not a single person ever said I never sent that email. That's not real. That's not everyone's president. Biden's number was in there. It has since been changed. So it was extensively authenticated.

And then we published it. And frankly, it was a huge story. But I think it was compounded by the fact that Twitter moved to censor it. And this turned it into not just Hunter Biden, but a broader story about free speech and the First Amendment.

And then we published it. And frankly, it was a huge story. But I think it was compounded by the fact that Twitter moved to censor it. And this turned it into not just Hunter Biden, but a broader story about free speech and the First Amendment.

Yeah, it really was exemplary of this convergence of the federal government and big tech colluding to censor people on the right. It was remarkable. Everyone saw them crack down collectively on this right-leaning news outlet. Now, the Foreign Influence Task Force played a leading role in pressuring social media companies to censor speech. What actions did they take?

Yeah, it really was exemplary of this convergence of the federal government and big tech colluding to censor people on the right. It was remarkable. Everyone saw them crack down collectively on this right-leaning news outlet. Now, the Foreign Influence Task Force played a leading role in pressuring social media companies to censor speech. What actions did they take?

I mean, I don't know that we know the full extent of it, but they were working. I mean, Mark Zuckerberg has talked about how they would call up and say, you need to take this down. You can't run this. And you saw this institute of fact checkers brought in at Facebook. Famously, they were. lowering the visibility of the story until a fact check could be performed.

I mean, I don't know that we know the full extent of it, but they were working. I mean, Mark Zuckerberg has talked about how they would call up and say, you need to take this down. You can't run this. And you saw this institute of fact checkers brought in at Facebook. Famously, they were. lowering the visibility of the story until a fact check could be performed.

Of course, we're a few years on that. I don't think we ever got a final fact check. So the federal government, in violation of the First Amendment, I think clearly pressured these companies to shut it down and to downplay the significance of the story and to not let it spread organically. And, you know, people always show you their true hands in October before a presidential election. Yeah.

Of course, we're a few years on that. I don't think we ever got a final fact check. So the federal government, in violation of the First Amendment, I think clearly pressured these companies to shut it down and to downplay the significance of the story and to not let it spread organically. And, you know, people always show you their true hands in October before a presidential election. Yeah.

That's really when it's for all the marbles. And I think that the various organs of the government decided that keeping President Trump out of the White House for a second term was more important than these institutional concerns or these constitutional issues that we're raising here.

That's really when it's for all the marbles. And I think that the various organs of the government decided that keeping President Trump out of the White House for a second term was more important than these institutional concerns or these constitutional issues that we're raising here.

I mean, the government should broadly not be in the business of policing speech or being the arbiters of truth about what American citizens can think or say.

I mean, the government should broadly not be in the business of policing speech or being the arbiters of truth about what American citizens can think or say.

For sure.

For sure.

It's a broad, simple principle. It's not my principle. It's in the founding documents. It's been around for a long time. It's not new.

It's a broad, simple principle. It's not my principle. It's in the founding documents. It's been around for a long time. It's not new.

Yeah. Now, we're really seeing the Trump administration tackle this very directly. And in Congress, Jim Jordan has really taken the lead on this issue. We've talked to him a lot about these issues because, of course, we've had our own experiences from Daily Wire's perspective with these entities under the guise of fact-checking really being censorship operations.

Yeah. Now, we're really seeing the Trump administration tackle this very directly. And in Congress, Jim Jordan has really taken the lead on this issue. We've talked to him a lot about these issues because, of course, we've had our own experiences from Daily Wire's perspective with these entities under the guise of fact-checking really being censorship operations.

Now, as far as the 51 intelligence officials and former intelligence officials, we've seen Trump take action. What do you think about the fallout as it relates to them?