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FBI lashes out at ‘conspiracy theorists’ over ‘Twitter Files’ criticism

By Christopher Hutton
Published December 21, 2022 9:32pm ET
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FBI lashes out at ‘conspiracy theorists’ over ‘Twitter Files’ criticism
FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo, the FBI seal is seen before a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington. The FBI is grappling with a seemingly endless cycle of money laundering schemes that law enforcement officials say they’re scrambling to slow through a combination of prosecution and public awareness. Beyond the run-of-the-mill plots, officials say, is a particularly concerning trend involving “money mules.” These are people who, unwittingly or not, use their own bank accounts to move money for criminals for purposes they think are legitimate or even noble. | (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

The FBI slammed the Elon Musk-allied journalists who have released internal documents relating to censorship decisions at Twitter, calling them “conspiracy theorists” for alleging that the agency had encouraged the platform to censor news about Hunter Biden.

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