Josh Hawley demands Alejandro Mayorkas terminate ‘Intelligence Experts Group’ in DHS

Hawley argued that the group was nothing more than another attempt by the current administration to suppress the opposition, citing the fact that it is slated to be led by three individuals who deemed the Hunter Biden laptop story to be Russian disiformation when it first broke in 2020.

"As you know," Hawley wrote, "John Brennan, James Clapper, and Paul Kolbe all signed onto the infamous October 2020 letter, which falsely declared the Hunter Biden laptop story to be 'Russian misinformation.' This was a clear attempt to aid then-candidate Joe Biden."

He went on to note that, "recent investigations have revealed text messages and emails that corroborate the corrupt intent behind the letter’s publication," and said it was "baffling" that Mayorkas' department would see the trio as "having any remaining credibility with respect to intelligence matters."

"Enlisting the support of these discredited officials as the nation prepares for the 2024 presidential election appears to signal that DHS will continue its attempts to censor speech that is inconvenient to the current Administration," Hawley continued, reminding Mayorkas that his department had already tried this type of thing before via the now-defunct "Disinformation Governance Board."

He concluded by urging Mayorkas to "immediately terminate" the new group, and asking him to provide Congress with any and all records related to it's creation, including communications between DHS and the White House.

Mayorkas announced the creation of the group on September 19, saying it was needed "at a time of unprecedented challenge" with "US intelligence enterprise facing threats from a range of malign actors, to include foreign nation-state adversaries, domestic violent extremists, cyber criminals, drug-trafficking cartels and other transnational criminal organizations."