Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, had a major showdown with fellow Democrats at Wednesday’s hearing with tech giants.
Jordan questioned Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai about Google’s alleged bias in search engines against conservatives and whether Pichai could commit that Google will not interfere in the upcoming elections to benefit Joe Biden.
However, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., Appeared to dismiss Jordan’s concerns as “marginal conspiracy theories.”
“Mr. President, we have the email,” Jordan replied, referring to an email written by a Google staff member suggesting that the tech giant aided the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016.
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Committee chairman David Cicilline, DR.I, scolded Jordan for interrupting Scanlon’s interrogation. Representative Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Joined in ordering the Ohio congressman to “put on the mask.”
“Mr. Raskin, do you want to talk about masks? Why would the Under Secretary of the Treasury unmask the name of Michael Flynn?” Jordan replied.
That was in reference to Raskin’s wife, Sarah Bloom Raskin, who was revealed to be one of the Obama-era appointees who requested the unmasking of then-national security adviser Michael Flynn.
“What I want to know is that if someone comes after my reasons to ask questions, I want to have the opportunity to respond,” Jordan told Cicilline, who formally recognized Scanlon to continue asking questions.
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In May, Republican lawmakers released the list that came from then-DNI Richard Grenell’s office showing several top Obama officials who had made dozens of requests to unmask Flynn between November 2016 and January 2017 before the takeover. possession of President Trump. Among those listed were former Vice President Joe Biden, former FBI Director James Comey, former CIA Director John Brennan, former IDC James Clapper, former UN Ambassador Samatha Power, former Treasury Secretary. Jack Lew and former White House chief of staff Denis McDonough.
