Biden's FTC pressured analysts to give negative report on Elon Musk's Twitter: lawsuit

The FTC had "attempted to co-opt EY's independent assessment in order to generate evidence of 'deficiencies in Twitter's privacy and information security program.'"

It has been revealed that the Federal Trade Commission under President Joe Biden attempted to get consulting multinational giant Ernst & Young (EY) to produce a negative report on Twitter shortly after it was acquired by billionaire Elon Musk in the fall of 2022.

Documents obtained by the House Judiciary Committee show that the FTC was "adamant" about getting its way, to the point where EY consultants feared that if they failed to comply, the Biden administration would come after them.

The revelations came via a Motion for Protective Order filed on Thursday by X Corp in the ongoing legal battle between Twitter and the United States government.

"This motion asks the Court to rein in an investigation that has spiraled out of control and become tainted by bias," the preliminary statement begins, arguing that the FTC "engaged in conduct so irregular and improper that [EY]—the independent assessor designated under a consent order between Twitter and the FTC to evaluate the company's privacy, data protection, and information security program— 'felt as if the FTC was trying to influence the outcome of the engagement before it had started.'"

Sworn testimony by those involved in the case revealed that the FTC had "attempted to co-opt EY's independent assessment in order to generate evidence of 'deficiencies in Twitter's privacy and information security program'" in the aftermath of Musk's acquisition of the platform.

The FTC's efforts allegedly included "very specific types of procedures" they expected EY to perform and the conveyance of "expectations … about what th[e] results should be before [EY] had even begun any procedures."

"The FTC was so 'adamant' with EY," X Corp's lawyers wrote, "conveying that 'this is absolutely what you will do and this is going to occur, and you’ll produce a report at the end of the day' that would be negative about Twitter."

They added that senior EY leaders "feared that, if EY resigned as the independent assessor, '[t]he FTC [would] take exception to [EY's] withdrawal and create 'other' challenges for EY over time."

"There simply is no way to square the striking record of bias recounted above—along with other evidence described in this motion—with any semblance of the impartiality, due process, or equitable conduct that the law requires from administrative agencies like the FTC when they act pursuant to court-authorized and -supervised consent orders," X corp's lawyers added, calling on the court to "intervene to stop the FTC’s ongoing improper conduct."

https://thepostmillennial.com/bidens-ftc-pressured-analysts-to-give-negative-report-on-elon-musks-twitter-lawsuit

US government moves nearly 10K Bitcoin worth over $300M related to Silk Road seizure

The government previously promised to liquidate approximately 40,000 remaining BTC from the seizure in “four more batches” over the remainder of the calendar year.

A cryptocurrency wallet associated with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) moved approximately 9,825.25 Bitcoin worth around $299 million in a series of transactions on July 12.

It’s unclear at this time whether the transactions, which appear to have ultimately propagated to at least 101 new wallets, were sent to exchange addresses for sale or remain in the custody of the Justice Department.

Initially, approximately 9,825 of the Bitcoin

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associated with the Silk Road seizure moved in a pair of transactions sent to three addresses at around 1:00 pm UTC. The bulk of the coins — 8,200 BTC worth nearly $250 million as of the time of this article’s publication — were sent to a single address, which subsequently split the total amount across 101 separate addresses a little over an hour later:

https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-government-doj-moves-nearly-10k-bitcoin-related-to-silk-road-seizure

Lawmakers push plan to aid CIA sexual assault victims

Since January of this year, at least three female CIA employees have claimed to be victims of sexual assault at the agency and approached the Intelligence Committee with allegations that the bureau discourages women from making claims.

The House Intelligence Committee is pushing legislation to provide support to victims of sexual assault with the CIA, following employee testimony claiming the agency had mismanaged their claims.

Committee members have included a provision to establish an Office of the Victim and Whistleblower Counsel as part of the Intelligence Authorization Act, according to Politico. Chairman Mike Turner, R-Ohio, and ranking member Jim Himes, D-Conn., have spearheaded the effort.

It would further create a Special Victim Investigators group to investigate criminal allegations and work with law enforcement on such matters.

Since January of this year, at least three female CIA employees have claimed to be victims of sexual assault at the agency and approached the Intelligence Committee with allegations that the bureau discourages women from making claims

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/lawmakers-push-plan-aid-cia-sexual-assault-victims

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