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he Biden Department of Justice on Monday announced that it is holding an urgent national security press conference to address significant ‘malign influence schemes’ ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
“DOJ announces 1:30 pm ET news conference with AG Garland today,” the report says. “They say it’s to discuss ‘significant national security cases addressing malign influence schemes and alleged criminal activity by a nation-state actor in the United States’.”
DOJ announces 1:30pmET news conference with AG Garland today. They say it's to discuss "significant national security cases addressing malign influence schemes and alleged criminal activity by a nation-state actor in the United States."
— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) October 24, 2022
This prompted many to wonder if this is a move by the Justice Department to block the Elon Musk deal to takeover Twitter on National Security grounds. The buyout has been widely expected to close by Oct. 28 — ahead of the midterm elections.
“Hopefully stopping Elon from buying twitter,” one user responded to the news.