Several Republicans from the House and Senate are voicing concerns over the Biden administration’s decision to create the new Disinformation Governance Board under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Their concerns are not limited to what the new agency will do but also the administration’s choice to tap Nina Jankowicz, a former disinformation fellow at Washington-based think tank Wilson Center, as its executive director. DHS chief Alejandro Mayorkas revealed the new agency on April 27.
In a letter (pdf) sent to Mayorkas dated April 29, 19 Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, headed by Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), said the “Orwellian-named” agency will “suppress free speech.”
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