YouTube Deletes Video Posted by Jan. 6 Committee Because It Featured Trump ‘Disinformation’

Even in the context of the Select Committee hearings, Trump’s election lies are verboten

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 9: Former U.S. President Donald Trump is displayed on a screen during a hearing by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on June 09, 2022 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan committee, which has been gathering evidence related to the January 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol for almost a year, will present its findings in a series of televised hearings. On January 6, 2021, supporters of President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol Building during an attempt to disrupt a congressional vote to confirm the electoral college win for Joe Biden. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Josh Dickey

June 17, 2022 @ 12:21 PM

YouTube is not kidding around: Even when it’s the Jan. 6 Committee doing the uploading, videos of Donald Trump lying about election fraud are not allowed.

The video hosting giant nixed a clip the committee posted this week because it showed the former President repeating baseless election-fraud claims on the Fox Business Channel, the New York Times reported Friday.

The excerpt included recorded testimony from former Attorney General Bill Barr, but it was Trump saying “We had glitches where they moved thousands of votes from my account to Biden’s account” – and suggestions that federal law enforcement agencies were behind it – that drew the YouTube flag.

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