{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/sen-hawley-formally-invites-facebook-and-twitter-testify-regarding-censorship-new-york-post", "Sen. Hawley Formally Invites Facebook and Twitter to Testify Regarding Censorship of New York Post & Potential Campaign Finance Violation", "2020-10-15", "2020", "2020-10", "Republican", "House", "MO", "Joshua Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) formally invited Facebook and Twitter to testify regarding their censorship of the New York Post's reporting on Hunter Biden. Senator Hawley said that the companies have violated campaign finance law by offering an in-kind contribution to the Biden campaign.\nSenator Hawley's letter to Facebook can be found here and his letter to Twitter can be found here.\n  \nOctober 15, 2020\nMark Zuckerberg\nChief Executive Officer\nFacebook, Inc.\n1 Hacker Way\nMenlo Park, CA 94025\nBy Email\nDear Mr. Zuckerberg:\nI invite you to testify, on a date to be determined before the election, at the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing entitled Digital Platforms and Election Interference. As your company is no doubt aware, corporations are forbidden from contributing anything of valuefinancial or otherwiseto support the election of candidates for public office. Accordingly, this hearing will consider potential campaign law violations arising from your company's decision, on October 14, 2020, to support the presidential campaign of Joe Biden by suppressing the distribution of a New York Post article entitled Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad.\"\nCommittee rules require that you provide your testimony and curriculum vitae for distribution to members of the Committee and the press at least 24 hours before the hearing is scheduled to begin. Please send an electronic copy of your testimony and curriculum vitae to Jason_Covey@judiciary-rep.senate.gov.\nPlease contact Jason Covey at (202) 224-5225 with any questions. We look forward to your testimony.\nSincerely, Josh Hawley  \nUnited States Senator\n  \nOctober 15, 2020\nJack Dorsey\nChief Executive Officer\nTwitter, Inc.\n1355 Market Street, Suite 900\nSan Francisco, CA 94103\nBy Email\nDear Mr. Dorsey:\nI invite you to testify, on a date to be determined before the election, at the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing entitled Digital Platforms and Election Interference. As your company is no doubt aware, corporations are forbidden from contributing anything of valuefinancial or otherwiseto support the election of candidates for public office. This hearing will consider potential campaign law violations arising from your company's decision, on October 14, 2020, to support the presidential campaign of Joe Biden by asymmetrically applying its terms of service and restricting the distribution of a New York Post article entitled Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad, as well as by suspending the official account of the presidential campaign of Donald Trump for discussing this story. It will also consider your company's decision to double down on that potential violation by, on October 15, 2020, suppressing the Post's follow-up story.\nCommittee rules require that you provide your testimony and curriculum vitae for distribution to members of the Committee and the press at least 24 hours before the hearing is scheduled to begin. Please send an electronic copy of your testimony and curriculum vitae to Jason_Covey@judiciary-rep.senate.gov.\nPlease contact Jason Covey at (202) 224-5225 with any questions. We look forward to your testimony.\nSincerely,\nJosh Hawley\nUnited States Senator", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/sen-hawley-formally-invites-facebook-and-twitter-testify-regarding-censorship-new-york-post"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1161207221448421, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}