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2025-05-03 Government Corruption
FBI Reportedly Places Infamous Censorship Agent Elvis Chan On 'Terminal Leave'
[ZH] Would that it be actually Terminal
Elvis Chan, the FBI’s Assistant Special Agent in Charge in San Francisco, has reportedly been placed on "terminal leave" and has not accessed agency systems for over a month, according to independent journalist Breanna Morello.

Chan has faced scrutiny for his alleged role in coordinating with social media platforms, including X (formerly Twitter), to censor conservatives during the 2020 presidential election, which saw President Joe Biden defeat President Donald Trump. In September 2023, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) issued a subpoena compelling Chan to testify about the FBI’s interactions with tech companies, which Jordan described as potential "coercion and collusion" to censor speech, according to the New York Post.

Chan, who served as a liaison to companies like Facebook and Twitter through the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force, did not attend a scheduled interview with the committee, prompting the subpoena, Jordan said, per the Post.

During a 2023 deposition with attorneys general from Louisiana and Missouri, Chan denied having "internal knowledge" of efforts to suppress a 2020 New York Post story about Hunter Biden’s laptop.

Morello notes:

The controversy surrounding Chan coincides with a 2023 ruling by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which found that the FBI, White House, U.S. Surgeon General, CDC, and CISA likely violated First Amendment rights by "coercing or significantly encouraging" social media platforms to censor content.

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Chan, who identifies with "he/him" pronouns on his LinkedIn profile, still lists himself as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge at the FBI’s San Francisco Bay office, where he has served for over 19 years.

Posted by Frank G 2025-05-03 12:01|| || Front Page|| [66 views ]  Top
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