36Hrs Before Zuckerberg Faces Congress For Questioning His Huge Payoffs Surface – Rigged From Start
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Over the past several weeks, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been in the hot seat after it was discovered that nearly 87 million users had their privacy infringed upon, sold to international ad campaigns so they could use it to continue to divide an already fractured country. In light of this discovery, Zuckerberg is now being called to testify about it all in front of Congress this week. The well-known social media mogul will be forced to answer questions about his involvement in this scandal, while others want to confront him for his role in silencing conservatives on his platform.
However, according to a recent report, the lawmakers in charge of questioning Zuckerberg may be tainted as evidence of payoffs have surfaced, which has many wondering if justice will be served.
The purpose of Facebook was to connect people with others so that they could share information about their lives, but evidently, Zuckerberg wanted to share everything whether the user wanted to or not. Over the last few weeks, allegations have surfaced that paint the social media billionaire in an unsavory light as it was discovered that Zuckerberg sold information to foreign advertisers. The information gathered was then used to create more division in the country during the tumultuous 2016 presidential election.
Now that this has been uncovered the American people want answers to this disgusting invasion of privacy, but just 36 hours before Zuckerberg is to be questioned more bombshells have been discovered. According to USA Today, several lawmakers have been outed as receiving some of the “biggest recipients of campaign contributions from Facebook employees directly and the political action committee funded by employees.”
“Members of the House and Senate committees that will question Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about user privacy protection next week are also some of the biggest recipients of campaign contributions from Facebook employees directly and the political action committee funded by employees.
The congressional panel that got the most Facebook contributions is the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which announced Wednesday morning it would question Zuckerberg on April 11.
Members of the committee, whose jurisdiction gives it regulatory power over Internet companies, received nearly $381,000 in contributions tied to Facebook since 2007, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The center is a non-partisan, non-profit group that compiles and analyzes disclosures made to the Federal Election Commission.
The second-highest total, $369,000, went to members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, which announced later that it would have a joint hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee to question Zuckerberg on Tuesday. Judiciary Committee members have received $235,000 in Facebook contributions.
On the House committee, Republicans got roughly twice as much as Democrats, counter to the broader trend in Facebook campaign gifts. Of the $7 million in contributions to all federal candidates tied to the Menlo Park, Calif.-based social network, Democrats got 65% to Republicans’ 33%.
Of the 55 members on the Energy and Commerce Committee this year, all but nine have received Facebook contributions in the past decade. The average Republican got $6,800, while the average Democrat got $6,750.”
Now, many people may want to know who else has been on the receiving end of these hefty donations, and thankfully a list has been compiled. According to Roll Call, these are all the members of Congress who listed Facebook holdings in their 2016 financial disclosures, along with the minimum worth of their stocks and of any capital gains or dividends.
Rep. Joyce Beatty — $15,001 / $5,001 dividends
Rep. Steve Chabot — $15,001
Rep. James R. Comer — $1,001
Rep. K. Michael Conaway — $0* / $2,501 capital gains
Rep. Carlos Curbelo — $1,001
Rep. Mike Gallagher — $0*
Rep. John Garamendi — $1,001
Rep. Josh Gottheimer — $16,002
Sen. John Hoeven — $50,001
Rep. Mike Kelly — $15,001
Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III — $81,004
Rep. Ro Khanna — $2,002
Rep. Jim Langevin — $115,002 / $5,001 capital gains
Rep. Brenda Lawrence — $15,001
Rep. Alan Lowenthal — $15,001
Rep. Roger Marshall — $0* / $1 capital gains
Rep. Michael McCaul — $1,000,002 / $30,002 capital gains
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi — $500,001
Rep. James B. Renacci — $150,002 / $5,001 capital gains
Sen. Pat Roberts — $1,001 / $201 capital gains
Rep. Tom Rooney — $15,001
Rep. Francis Rooney — $1,001
Rep. Brad Schneider — $200,002
Rep. Kurt Schrader — $15,001
Rep. Lamar Smith — $1,001 / $1 capital gains
Rep. Tom Suozzi — $15,001
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse — $31,003
Rep. John Yarmuth — $1,001
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