federal judge in louisiana. here s his exchange with republican congressman mike johnson on wednesday. the fbi made the social media platforms pull that information off the internet if it came from conservative sources. they did this under the guise that it was disinformation. can you, can you define what disinformation is? our focus is on malign, foreign disinformation; that is, foreign hostile actors who engage in mr. wray to use our social media platforms i have to stop you for time. that s not accurate. you need to read this court opinion, because you re in charge of enforcing it. paul: joining the panel, columnists dan henninger, kim strassel and bill mcgurn. so, bill, first, let s start with that exchange on disinformation. what do you make of the fbi director s answers? i think he answered very weakly. he came across as a man who either hadn t read the material as congressman johnson suggested, or he just didn t take the whole oversight process very
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if smart? i don t know, it depends on the outcome. is cutting his salary going to get you the cooperation and oversight that you want? i doubt it. it might make them feel good. i think there s still a lot of primarily by getting people on the record and using their contempt powers to do it. paul: all right, thank you, all. when we come back, as president biden wraps up his trip to europe, we ll talk to alaska senator and armed services committee member dan sullivan about what was accomplished at the nato summit and ukraine st uncertain pathim to joining the alliance. rs, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. to help keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger.
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little bit and expand on what sahil was just saying there. legally speaking, once the vote takes place and assuming it s going to pass as it s expected to, what happens next? what is the u.s. attorney s office in d.c. going to consider? and from your legal perspective, from your expertise, is this the most efficient way to do it? because as you probably saw in my last hour, i was talking to congressman ted lieu who said, no, the congress has inherent contempt powers. they should exercise it because this could drag out and be delayed. so, first of all, i mean, i want to say, just even before we get to the justice department for what they ll do, the vote right now is hugely significant. i mean, do you know how hard it is, if you re a former member of congress, to be voted on for contempt? i mean, it s kind of like failing a class at stanford. you ve really got to try. but meadows did and the last time this happened was 1832. now, what s going to happen, presuming this vote goes through
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contempt powers. in 1934, the senate senate the sergeant at arms down to get an assistant secretary of commerce and put him in jail, in the willard for ten days, until he agreed to cooperate. that s still good law. there s supreme court rulings back as early as 1821 that the house could do this. i think they should and i think they should do it next week, if you will. maybe not the willard. maybe a few steps lower. i won t mention any names. not the trump hotel either. i was going to say there s a hotel in washington that could use some occupancy these days. i want to ask you about the capitol police officer who s been indicted on obstruction charges in connection with the january 6th insurrection. the officer allegedly sent a private message to a facebook contact who posted selfies and videos about being in the capitol. he wrote, quote, i m a police officer who agrees with your political stance. take down the part about being
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