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White House DENIES being involved in Twitter censorship after Musk's release of files: Karine Jean-Pierre insists there was no collusion with the 'private company' after suppression of Hunter Biden laptop story

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

Earlier this week Twitter owner Elon Musk fired former FBI general counsel Jim Baker, who was serving as a top Twitter lawyer

Baker over his 'possible' role in suppressing the Hunter Biden story in October 2020

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked whether the Biden team had made any contact with Baker regarding content moderation decisions

It's up to private companies to make these types of decisions. We were not involved, I can say that we were not involved,' she said

The Twitter Files showed the Biden campaign did ask Twitter to remove some nude photos and videos Hunter Biden left on his laptop that were circulated

The Trump White House had also contacted Twitter asking to have the company review or remove some tweets

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Posted by: Skidmark 2022-12-10

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