Weaponizing the FTC

Watch out, Americans! If you dare expose the federal government’s lies on COVID and its collusion with tech giants on Russiagate and Hunter’s laptop, Big Brother will come after you. Witness the brazenly political Federal Trade Commission targeting of Elon Musk.

The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government just revealed that the FTC under uber-leftist chair Lina Khan has been after Musk since he acquired Twitter in October.

And Khan doubled down after Musk began to pull back the veil via the Twitter Files — a deep dive into the shenanigans of Twitter’s previous management and (crucially) its coziness with the feds.

The agency’s not only sent letter after letter digging into Twitter’s layoffs, it’s also demanding all internal communications by, from or about Musk — and telling him to name reporters he’s shared info with.

Pure Orwell. How is any of that the agency’s business?

Sure, Musk overpaid for Twitter. And yes, his flamboyant style may have added to the headwinds it now faces. Yet none of that concerns the FTC in the slightest: Its mandate is to protect consumers. And there’s zero indication his decisions are doing Twitter users any harm. (Anyway, it’s free.)

It’s all a naked scare tactic aimed at Musk, and the media iconoclasts who’ve helped get at truths long hidden on COVID, the 2020 election and other crucial issues.

Khan’s reckless disregard for the rule of law has characterized her entire term as FTC chair, but this takes the cake.

House GOPers Jim Jordan (Ohio) and Nancy Mace (SC) say they’ll demand Khan testify on her Twitter offensive soon. It should happen now.

The FTC shouldn’t be waging war on companies that simply happen to annoy its chairwoman — let alone demanding to know what reporters talks to.