Did the FBI pay twitter 3 million dollars to moderate content? Rand Paul grills FBI director Wray!

During a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY pressed FBI Director Chris Wray about the FBI's relationship with social media companies. Senator Paul claimed that the FBI had paid $3 million to Twitter, citing Twitter files that alleged collusion between the FBI and the Biden administration to control and moderate conservative-based free speech. Director Wray did not dispute the payment but stated he had no knowledge of this specific transaction. However, he seemed well-versed in the process of making such payments to social media companies, which raised suspicions of plausible deniability. This exchange highlighted broader concerns of government agencies' transparency and their alleged collusion with social media platforms, as exemplified by ongoing cases like Biden versus Missouri, eroding public trust in these institutions.