Holding Government Censors Accountable
Federal executive branch employees have been trampling on Americans’ First Amendment rights via coercion of and collusion with Big Tech as part of the Censorship Industrial Complex.
While current law allows for Americans to sue state employees who violate their Constitutional rights, the law does not allow for lawsuits against federal employees who violate your civil liberties. When there is no accountability, bureaucrats will undoubtedly run roughshod over the Constitution. That must change.
That’s why this week, I introduced legislation with Rep. Harriet Hageman to equip people with the ability to sue federal bureaucrats to seek direct accountability and justice for these brazen violations of the First Amendment.
READ: GOP bill lets Americans sue 'malicious' federal workers who conspire to censor social media posts
The Censorship Industrial Complex should no longer be allowed to operate with impunity, and those who seek to destroy the freedom of speech should have to answer for it in a court of law. This legislation is a key step in the fight against woke and weaponized government, and its passage will be a priority of mine going forward.
The Week in Weaponized Government
The same DOJ that set up the President’s son with a sweetheart plea deal is moving full speed ahead in going after President Biden’s chief political rival, President Trump.
These are the kinds of actions you would expect from a third world dictatorship. Worse yet, we learned that before Judge Maryellen Noreika intervened, the plea deal sought to give Hunter Biden immunity against all future charges, including potential Foreign Agent Registration Act violations. I joined Steve Bannon’s War Room yesterday to talk about the latest in weaponized government and what we’re doing about it:
