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soothsayer

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Mon Feb 8, 2021, 01:59 PM Feb 2021

US Committee on Oversight and Reform has sent a letter to social media platform Parler demanding it


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Hannah Murphy
@MsHannahMurphy
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Feb 8, 2021
NEW: the head of the US Committee on Oversight and Reform has sent a letter to social media platform Parler demanding it hand over docs related to its finance and foreign ties - including to “any Russian individual or entity”







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Hannah Murphy
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It also includes a request for "all documents and communications referring to relating to a proposal to provide President Donald Trump with an ownership stake in Parler"

This following reporting by Buzzfeed of a Trump-Parler deal that was never finalised:

Parler Wanted Donald Trump On Its Site. Trump’s Company Wanted A Stake.
buzzfeednews.com
https://t.co/6rlinpLB0Z?amp=1
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