Rep. Carolyn Maloney made the request in a letter to the FBI on Thursday
Asked for FBI investigation into social media app Parler s role in Capitol riot
Pointed to founder s Russian wife as evidence of ties to the Kremlin
Suggested Parler may be a conduit for foreign governments to finance unrest
Known investors include conservatives Dan Bongino and Rebekah Mercer
Parler remains mostly offline after Amazon suspended hosting services for the app
Company is working with Russian firm DDoS-Guard to reestablish service
Parler went offline at 3am EST after Amazon booted it from its web hosting app
It has already been kicked off Apple and Google s stores after the Capitol siege
On Monday it moved its domain name to right-wing web-hosting firm Epik
The right wing social media site also announced plans to sue Amazon later Monday filing an 18-page suit in U.S. District Court in Seattle against AWS
The app was the most-downloaded on Apple after Donald Trump s Twitter ban
CEO John Matze had warned that we will likely be down longer than expected
He later said the app has worked hard to remove prohibited content