Capitol Hill Democrats eyed Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
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Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., set his sights on the acquisition of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday, calling on the Biden administration to open an investigation into the deal.
Murphy sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen On Monday, he highlighted that members of the Saudi royal family are prominent investors on Twitter. However, Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal had bought his stake in Twitter long before Musk bought the company.
“I am writing to bring to your attention the potential national security issues arising from the recent acquisition of Twitter, Inc. by Elon Musk and a number of private investors,” Murphy wrote to Yellen, according to a copy of the letter obtained from Punchbowl News. .
“Leaving aside the vast stores of data that Twitter has collected on American citizens, any potential that foreign ownership of Twitter will result in increased censorship, misinformation, or political violence is a serious national security concern,” he added.
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Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022. Musk is buying Twitter for $44 billion. (Getty Images/Getty Images)
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) speaks to reporters after a news conference following a policy luncheon with Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol on June 14, 2022 in Washington, DC. At the press conference, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ( (Getty Images/Getty Images)
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“Saudi Arabia is one of the most repressive countries in the world, with little or no tolerance for free expression. Importantly, the Saudi government has shown a willingness to strengthen its restrictive approach to dissent outside the borders of the Kingdom – illustrated most tragically by the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi,” the letter continued.
Musk finalized his purchase of Twitter last week, saying he hoped to make the platform a beacon of free speech without turning it into a “hellscape.”
Left-wing commentators are spreading fear that Twitter will become a right-wing messaging tool under Musk’s leadership.
Critics were outraged when Musk announced the layoffs of several of the company’s top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and head of legal, trust and security policy Vijaya Gadde.
Gadde led the company’s push to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story first published in the New York Post before the 2020 election.
Parag Agrawal, former CEO of Twitter, walks to a morning session during the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 6, 2022 in Sun Valley, Idaho. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/Getty Images)
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Musk said aim to buy Twitter was to protect freedom of speech, saying in a statement last week that a public square open to different opinions is necessary for democracy to thrive.
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