Rubio requests Justice Department probe TikTok CEO for misleading Congress

Rubio requests Justice Department probe TikTok CEO for misleading Congress

Sen. Marco Rubio wants the Justice Department to investigate TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew for allegedly misleading Congress about where it kept Americans' data.

Rubio Calls for DOJ Investigation into TikTok CEO Committing Perjury

On March 23, 2023, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified under oath that the data of TikTok’s American users was not stored in China. Since then, it has been reported that TikTok stored some of its American users’ most sensitive data, including Social Security numbers, in China, where it could be accessed by the Chinese Communist Party. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting an …

Rubio Calls for DOJ Probe Into TikTok CEO's Possible Perjury

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) requested that Attorney General Merrick Garland launch an investigation into potential perjury committed by TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in a June 1 press release and May 31 letter. Rubio’s letter (pdf) to the attorney general highlights Chew’s allegedly false statement made under oath during his testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce regarding the data-security practices of TikTok. Rubio expressed his c…

Evidence Suggests TikTok CEO Lied To Congress About User Data

The CEO's apparent perjury about American users' data security prompted Sen. Marco Rubio to call for a Justice Department investigation.

Rubio says TikTok CEO may have committed perjury, calls for DOJ investigation

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is calling on the Department of Justice to open a probe into whether TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew committed perjury, claiming the executive lied under oath.

Rubio asks DOJ to investigate possible perjury by TikTok CEO

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate possible perjury by TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew. In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Rubio argued that Chew perjured himself during a congressional hearing when he testified under oath that the data of the social media platform’s American users were…