Just a few years ago, just a few years ago, it would have been unimaginable for media companies to censor political candidates in election years now its commonplace. Just this year, Twitter has censored several tweets from the President of the United States. In one instance, twitter, the company accused the President of the United States of glorifying violence, his crime. He promised to use force to restore the rule of law on the streets of Washington D dot C twitter also used bogus fact check to mail in ballot, something a massive fraud risk which it is. This is another example of election interference, far more profound anything Russia ever did by american tech companies. So what is dot federal government doing about it? Federal officials will tell you a lot about Russia and the threat they pose to our democracy. No one ever seems to mention this lawmakers recently held antitrust hearings. The president signed executive order that could provoke the special immunity that some tech web sites receive from lawsuits. None of that has happened yet

will anything happen? Matt Whitaker, the former? Acting? U dot! S attorney general author of the book above the law. He joins us tonight, Matt Whitaker, thanks so much for coming on. You can imagine im sure you share the frustration, its infuriating to watch large monopolies change the course of american history by subverting our elections and nobody Noe One is doing anything about it. Will anyone in power do anything to stop this before election day? Do you believe glad to be with you Tucker? Yes, I actually do believe that we are going to get to the bottom of this insidious, really censorship of mostly conservative voices on social media, and I think the Department of Justice has been looking at this issue, and I also believe that, because of the way, the algorithms that Facebook and twitter and the like use to provide your news feed, I think that could be viewed and maybe viewed by this department of

Justice as a campaign conviction, an illegal campaign, conviction that, ultimately, I think they will step in and take action. I mean we have two months left and its not even a question of trying to get Trump reelected or helping Joe Biden. I think the implications are far more profound and long lasting than that. Google, single handedly could erode any public confidence in democracy. I just wonder if people at the Department of Justice see this problem in those terms, I think they do and I think what is also happening among these companies. Facebook in particular, they have so much data on their individual users that they can essentially manipulate what you see, how you see it and therefore based on their feedback loop that is provided. They can then try to influence you to whether its use a product vote for a candidate, its really again insidious. I think the Department of Justice have to act because our

democracy can probably not stand it this for another election cycle. I wonder, since you are familiar with how the federal government actually works, since you ran the most important agency. Do you think its fair to say there are federal officials afraid to take on Google? I dont think so. I think Bmi Barr, the attorney general is not afraid, really unafraid of anything and ultimately its what laws and what tools do we have in the executive branch? We execute the law the seconds two hundred and thirty of the communication Decency ACT provides a safe harbor for these companies that I think you know, Congress needs to act and to provide some relief so that there can be more enforcement on that front, thats exactly right. That is a legislative matter. They gave these companies that special carveout we didnt get it.