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House Judiciary Committee hearing opens with allegations the White House is silencing dissent
Summary
An unidentified member of the House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing alleging the Trump White House has pursued a "whole-of-government" effort to silence dissent, citing examples involving the press, federal agents, and demands on technology firms; witnesses were invited to testify.
An unidentified member of the House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on alleged efforts by the Trump White House to silence dissent and attack the First Amendment.
"I wanna thank ranking member Raskin and our committee staff for working with me to hold this important hearing today to address the administration's efforts to silence dissent and its attacks on the First Amendment," the unidentified committee member said in an opening statement.
The speaker framed the hearing as an examination of an alleged "whole-of-government" campaign to intimidate critics and suppress opposing…
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