Zuckerberg Targeted by House GOP Eager to Probe Hunter Biden

Republicans instruct Meta CEO to preserve 2020 FBI warnings
Letter previews GOP focus if they take control of the House

Mark Zuckerberg
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By Billy House

September 1, 2022 at 1:00 PM UTC

Updated on

September 1, 2022 at 2:41 PM UTC

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House Republicans are demanding that Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg hand over FBI warnings and communications that led Facebook to suppress stories about President Joe Biden’s son weeks before the 2020 election.

More than 30 Republicans told Zuckerberg in a letter Thursday that it “is highly troubling” that the technology giant limited distribution of a 2020 New York Post article about Hunter Biden, his laptop “and allegations of Biden family corruption.”