House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) ordered the outgoing Biden-Harris administration to preserve documents related to its censorship collusion with Big Tech, among other ominous federal activities.

Johnson and a group of GOP lawmakers wrote to Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su on Nov. 12, cautioning against any coverup of the current administration’s potentially illegal actions. Johnson touched on the Department of Labor’s alleged effort “to suppress free speech.”

MRC Free Speech America Vice President Dan Schneider spoke highly of Johnson’s defense of free speech before it was announced that he had been elected Speaker of the House again today. Johnson’s letter directed at the Biden-Harris administration is yet more evidence to back up that point. “No Speaker in American history has fought harder to defend the First Amendment and free speech rights than @SpeakerJohnson,” wrote Schneider in an X post Nov. 12. “I hope he is re-elected. He would be an excellent partner with Pres Trump.”

Johnson began the brief but pointed letter, co-signed by 255 other lawmakers, by writing, “As we begin preparation for a new Trump Administration and new Congress, we fully expect your cooperation in a smooth transition of power. To that end, it is imperative that during the transition you comply with all statutory record retention requirements, including but not limited to the Federal Records Act.” The federal agency must preserve the documents, Johnson added. 

The speaker highlighted the previous congressional committees’ oversight on issues they will continue to investigate, including “the Biden-Harris Administration’s disastrous border policies, tragic Afghanistan withdrawal, collusion with social media companies to suppress free speech, and weaponization of federal agencies against its political opponents, as well as the antisemitism at our nation’s universities enabled by leading Democrats.”

Indeed, before Johnson’s letter was issued, the Twitter Files, the Facebook Files and the landmark Murthy v. Missouri lawsuit all revealed evidence indicating the Biden administration coordinated with and pressured Big Tech to crush Americans’ free speech. MRC has recorded thousands of cases of Big Tech censorship in its unique CensorTrack database.

Conservatives are under attack. Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency, clarity on “hate speech” and equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored, contact us using CensorTrack’s contact form, and help us hold Big Tech accountable.