Ex-Twitter exec. admits Hunter Biden laptop censorship was a mistake

File - Hunter Biden, the son of Joe Biden, is pictured. (Getty Image)File – Hunter Biden, the son of Joe Biden, is pictured. (Getty Image)

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UPDATED 1:06 PM PT – Thursday, December 1, 2022

A former high-ranking employee of Twitter has admitted that the Hunter Biden laptop story should not have been censored.

In an interview this week, Twitter’s Ex-Safety Chief Yoel Roth admitted that it was a mistake to censor the New York Post’s story on the first son. He claims that the social media company censored the story quickly in October of 2020 due to being unable to verify it.

This comes after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Roth both confessed that they were approached by the FBI to cover it up prior to the 2020 election.

In the interview, Roth repeated that he believed the story should have never been blocked.

Former Twitter Safety head @yoyoel shifts blame when admitting to mistake of supressing Hunter Biden Laptop story

This is just days after @elonmusk promised to release internal documents proving Twitter's election interference under prior leadership— interesting timing pic.twitter.com/kFtcFi9G93

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 30, 2022

Last week, Twitter CEO Elon Musk hinted he might release information on how the company censored the story. 

This is necessary to restore public trust

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2022

Biden hosts French Pres. Emmanuel Macron and wife at White House

President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron walk down the Colonnade of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Jim Watson/Pool Photo via AP)President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron walk down the Colonnade of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Jim Watson/Pool Photo via AP)

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UPDATED 12:17 PM PT – Thursday, December 1, 2022

President Biden has welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron to the White House. On Thursday, Macron and his wife Bridgette were greeted by Biden and the First Lady to celebrate more than 200-years of United States and French relations.

Looking forward to a productive day with President Macron, Mrs. Macron, and the French delegation. pic.twitter.com/EvMikKG9ov

— President Biden (@POTUS) December 1, 2022

Macron’s visit comes after he recently criticized the administrations Inflation Reduction Act. He referred to the Act’s climate incentives as ‘super aggressive’ and he suggested that it would hurt European companies.

Despite Macron’s comments, Biden sought to highlight their relation by saying France is the nation’s oldest ally and the U.S.’s unwavering partner in freedom’s cause.

“Today, that flame burns more brightly than ever, and the alliance between our two nations remains essential to our mutual defense and partners around the world,” Biden said. “France and the United States are facing down Vladimir Putin’s grasping ambition for conquest and Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine, which has once more shattered peace.”

On his part, Macron said that it was both nations shared destiny to respond to challenges together. He went on to emphasize the long friendship between the U.S. and France.