The head of the House Judiciary Committee is investigating a potentially major conflict of interest between a lead defense attorney for censorship giant Google and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), wrote a scathing Sept. 10 letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland as part of his ongoing investigation into the extent to which the Biden-Harris administration “coerced or colluded” with Big Tech to censor Americans. Jordan specifically called for an explanation as to why the lead for Google’s defense team Karen Dunn was reportedly prepping Harris for her debate with former President Donald Trump while simultaneously representing the Big Tech giant in the Department of Justice’s major antitrust lawsuit against it.
The debate between Harris and Trump occurred Tuesday night on ABC News. As Jordan noted, “This apparent conflict of interest raises serious concerns about whether Dunn’s relationship with key figures in the Biden-Harris Administration creates a conflict of interest that could inappropriately bias the Department’s approach in United States v. Google LLC.”
Jordan wrote that Attorney General Garland pledged to “‘guarantee[] the independence of the Department from partisan influence.’” But the congressman added that his promise “is hard to square with reporting that Ms. Dunn is leading debate preparations for Vice President Harris while she also leads Google’s defense against a Biden-Harris Administration lawsuit.”
Jordan asked for a briefing to occur no later than Sept. 24, 2024, adding that his concern stems from House oversight on “civil liberties” and antitrust issues. The Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government in particular is specifically authorized, Jordan ended, to investigate “issues related to the violation of the civil liberties of citizens of the United States.”
MRC revealed in multiple exclusive studies how Google’s search engine consistently suppressedwebsites for GOP presidential candidates, including Donald Trump, and promoted Harris, even when users searched for Trump.
Dunn did not respond to MRC Free Speech America’s request for comment or reactions to Jordan’s letter.
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