Glenn Greenwald Torches Wray For Failure To Define ‘Disinformation’

Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald tore into Christopher Wray on Wednesday after the FBI Director failed to offer a definition for the word “disinformation.”

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) posed the question during a hearing in which Wray testified before the House Judiciary Committee, asking for a firm definition — and Wray appeared to balk.

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“They did this under the guise that it was disinformation. Can you define what disinformation is?”

“What I can tell you is that our focus is not on disinformation, broadly speaking…”

Director Wray’s FBI is responsible for repeated 1A violations and he can’t answer for it. pic.twitter.com/3jChwqt3Rc

— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) July 12, 2023

“The evidence shows that you, your agency, the people that directly report to you, suppressed conservative-leaning free speech about topics like the laptop, the lab-leak theory of COVID-19’s origin, the effectiveness of masks and COVID-19 lockdowns and vaccines, speech about election integrity in the 2020 presidential election, security of voting by mail, even parody about the president himself, negative posts about the economy,” Johnson said.

“The FBI made the social media platforms pull that information off the internet if it came from conservative sources,” he continued. “They did this under the guise that it was ‘disinformation.’ Can you define what disinformation is?”

Wray evaded the question, saying, “What I can tell you is that our focus is not on disinformation, broadly speaking …”

Johnson pushed back, but Wray insisted that the only “disinformation” being addressed came from “malign foreign actors” — and still failed to provide a definition of the word.

“The reason FBI Director Chris Wray can’t define ‘disinformation’ — even though that’s the basis for the FBI’s pressure campaign on Big Tech to censor Americans — is it’s a bulls***, concocted term with no fixed meaning. That’s what gives it its power (like ‘terrorism’),” Greenwald tweeted in response.

The reason FBI Director Chris Wray can't define "disinformation" — even though that's the basis for the FBI's pressure campaign on Big Tech to censor Americans — is it's a bullshit, concocted term with no fixed meaning.

That's what gives it its power (like "terrorism"): https://t.co/Qhq6CNd2Qr

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 12, 2023

Greenwald went on to explain that the nebulous nature of the word – and its apparent lack of a solid definition — was a feature rather than a bug.

“There’s a whole array of terms that have no real, fixed meaning except for however those in power decide subjectively to apply them, on an ad hoc basis. ‘Disinformation’ — ‘Hate speech’ — ‘Terrorism.’ Their ambiguity is intentional: it’s what allows them to be abused,” he explained.

However one defines "disinformation," it's beyond reasonable dispute that the FBI always has been, and continues to be, one of the most prolific disseminators of it.

The same is true of corporate media and the establishment frauds they've christened as "disinformation experts." pic.twitter.com/21MSZ6tw49

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 12, 2023

“However one defines ‘disinformation,’ it’s beyond reasonable dispute that the FBI always has been, and continues to be, one of the most prolific disseminators of it. The same is true of corporate media and the establishment frauds they’ve christened as ‘disinformation experts,'” Greenwald concluded.

He punctuated his statement with a screenshot of a tweet from former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki – who was among the many in the Biden administration, the legacy media, and the intelligence community to label the Hunter Biden laptop “Russian disinformation.” It was later proven to be anything but.

Ray Epps To Be Criminally Charged For Events On January 6, His Attorney Says

An attorney for Ray Epps, a man seen on video wearing a Trump hat during the January 6 riot, says that his client has been informed by federal law enforcement officials that they intend to charge him in connection with the events of that day.

The revelation was made in a lawsuit that Epps filed against Fox News on Wednesday that accused the network and former host Tucker Carlson of defaming him.

Epps has long been accused by many of being an undercover federal agent who instigated some of the events of that day. He has strongly denied being a federal agent.

Buried deep in the lawsuit, Epps lawyer says that the DOJ recently informed Epps that it plans to prosecute him. Epps’ lawyer blamed Carlson for the potential forthcoming charges.

“Finally, in May 2023, the Department of Justice notified Epps that it would seek to charge him criminally for events on January 6, 2021—two-and-a-half years later,” the lawsuit said. “The relentless attacks by Fox and Mr. Carlson and the resulting political pressure likely resulted in the criminal charges.”

Epps was a central figure in the Capitol riot from the beginning.

The 62-year-old Marine veteran from Arizona is seen in multiple video clips from January 6 and the day before trying to whip up other Trump supporters to “go into the Capitol” the next day.

“I’ll say it. We need to go into the Capitol,” Epps says in one clip. At least four times on video, Epps repeats his call to action to “go into the Capitol.”

FBI Director Christopher Wray was grilled by lawmakers on Wednesday on a variety of issues, including Epps.

“I’m not going to engage here in a discussion about individual people who are or are not going to be prosecuted,” Wray responded.

Mairead Elordi contributed to this report. 

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