Rubio's Team Launches 'Witch Hunt' for Staff Who Criticized Alex Jones

[Eugene]

Source: The Daily Beast

THE NEW RED SCARE

Rubio’s Team Launches ‘Witch Hunt’ for Staff Who Criticized Alex Jones

A senior State Department official reportedly wanted records of correspondence that mentioned keywords like “Black Lives Matter” and “January 6.”

Julia Ornedo
Reporter

Published May 1 2025 9:00PM EDT

A senior State Department official requested internal records on dozens of individuals and organizations perceived as enemies of the political right as part of a probe into alleged conservative censorship.

State Department Undersecretary Darren Beattie filed an 11-page request in March for all records of internal communication related to 39 individuals and 16 organizations who track disinformation or criticized President Donald Trump and his allies, according to MIT Technology Review.

The request, which was framed as a “transparency” initiative, reportedly targeted names like former U.S. Cybersecurity official Chris Krebs, who denied Trump’s false claims of a stolen election, anti-Trump pundit Bill Kristol, The Atlantic reporter Anne Applebaum, and even tech mogul Bill Gates.

The State Department also sought documents and correspondence from staff that mentioned controversial names such as Trump, Elon Musk, Alex Jones, Joe Rogan, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as well as keywords like Black Lives Matter, January 6, Q-Anon, immigration, and anti-vaxx.

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[Midnight Writer]

1. Don't read it. Don't say it. Don't think it.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Small weak minds

cannot permit the existence of differing opinions. These Trump clowns are embarrassingly pathetic.

[dem4decades]

3. Rubio has really become Trump's bitch, the man has no soul.

I remember.Michael Steele saying he was friends with Rubio, I can't imagine Steele and Rubio still being friends, and I doubt he's the only friend Rubio's lost.