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Khamenei ‘raises doubts about the Holocaust’ on Twitter after Dorsey defends protecting his tweets
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei questioned the facts of the Holocaust on Twitter Wednesday. The tweet was sent as Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey was being grilled by lawmakers on Capitol Hill for time and time again refusing to censor or flag the Iranian leader’s antisemitic, hateful, and dangerous statements on the platform. Moreover, the Senators pressed Dorsey on why Twitter chooses to continually censor President Donald Trump for questioning the safety of mail-in ballots and alleged an apparent double standard.
“The next question to ask is: why is it a crime to raise doubts about the Holocaust? Khamenei tweeted Wednesday. “Why should anyone who writes about such doubts be imprisoned while insulting the Prophet (pbuh) is allowed?”
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Senator Roger Wicker, R-MS, asked Dorsey Wednesday about the platform’s censorship policy. In response, Dorsey defended keeping the Iranian leader’s tweets protected because he’s a world leader whose language in those tweets that is considered protected as “saber-rattling.”
“We did not find those to violate our terms of service because we consider them saber-rattling, which is part of the speech of world leaders in concert with other countries. Speech against our own people or a country’s own citizens we believe is different and can cause more immediate harm,” Dorsey told the Committee Chairman.
Dorsey also admitted that Holocaust denial isn’t “misinformation,” according to Twitter’s rules.
In a significant development, Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, was indicted on Thursday on federal gun charges as part of Special Counsel David Weiss’ ongoing investigation. The indictment alleges that Hunter Biden made false statements during the purchase of a firearm, among other charges.
The charges against Hunter Biden include:
• Making a false statement in the purchase of a firearm
• Making a false statement related to information required to be kept by a federal firearms licensed dealer
•Possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance
According to the indictment, the alleged incident occurred on or about October 12, 2018, in the District of Delaware. Hunter Biden is accused of knowingly making a false and fictitious written statement during the acquisition of a Colt Cobra 38SPL Revolver. According to reports from Fox News, the statement, submitted on Form 4473, falsely certified that he was not an unlawful user of, and addicted to, any stimulant, narcotic drug, or controlled substance.
Furthermore, the indictment further states that between October 12, 2018, and October 23, 2018, in the District of Delaware, Hunter Biden knowingly possessed the same firearm despite being an unlawful user of and addicted to controlled substances. This marks the first set of charges brought by Special Counsel David Weiss against Hunter Biden since being granted special counsel status.
The investigation came to public attention when it was reported by Fox News in 2021 that police had responded to an incident in 2018 involving a gun owned by Hunter Biden.
Reports state that, Hallie Biden, the widow of President Biden’s late son, Beau, who was in a relationship with Hunter at the time, discarded the gun. Hunter’s gun was thrown away in a dumpster near a market, located close to a school. It was subsequently revealed that Hunter Biden had purchased a gun earlier that same month.
Hunter Biden’s legal troubles do not end with the gun charges. Earlier in July, an original plea agreement collapsed, which would have seen him plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax counts for willful failure to pay federal income tax, thus avoiding jail time on a felony gun charge. Instead, he pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and one felony gun charge.
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed David Weiss as special counsel to oversee the Hunter Biden investigation and related matters. The White House has declined to comment on these developments, which continue to draw significant public and media attention.
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