live. reporter: what we saw on the hill is of things to come. gop lawmakers appeared to eager to settle a few scores in the process, set the table for a major take down on the line. first up, it is twitter, former brain trust trying to explain away what gop lawmakers called election interference and partnering with intelligence agencies and lying and betraying the public trust. i think you guys got played by the fbi. twitter should have reinstated the post account immediately. what some called twitter s censorship regime which often labeled fact as disinformation, like you know the hunter biden s laptop story? i will be the first to admit that we didn t always get it right. we all know now. this was not russian disinformation. it was not disinformation. no, it was not. and as you can well imagine, gop lawmakers were slamming twitter today. marjorie taylor green saying to the executives, you discuss me. nancy macey saying, thank god for elon musk, who in the he
bret: but, first, breaking tonight. house republicans are taking a microscope to the hunter biden scandal. the oversight committee grilling former twitter executives today about their censorship of the story in the new york post which many in the g.o.p. contended could have directly affected the 2020 election. the most pointed questions though aimed at the u.s. government influence into the censorship decisions. correspondent david spunt reports tonight from the justice department. good evening, david. bret, good evening to you. a fiery hearing lasting the majority of the day. democrats argue there is nothing there but republicans believe something more sinister wer and. and this was the chance for republicans to make the case to the public. we don t know where the fbi ends and twitter begins. emotions running high. we are talking about hunter biden s half fake laptop story. i mean, this is embarrassment. front and center this new york post cover from october