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the idea that the FBI was paying Twitter $3.4 million to help them suppress information

Jim Jordan · An interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" · January 29, 2023

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FBI Reimbursed Twitter for Providing User Information

FactCheck.org · no rating scale · February 6, 2023 · read the check

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Checked against No published agency record settles this sentence: the payment amount appears in company documents released by a private party, not in an FBI or Treasury record, and what the payments were for is the point in dispute.

The record: USAspending.gov: federal award and payment data

Context

Jordan was listing matters the House Judiciary Committee, which he chairs, would investigate.

Topics: Technology, Law enforcement.

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  1. FBI Reimbursed Twitter for Providing User Information · FactCheck.org · 2023-02-06 · accessed 2026-09-25
  2. USAspending.gov: federal award and payment data · U.S. Department of the Treasury · accessed 2026-10-15

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