DOJ Silent on Trump’s Election Interference Claims Against Google

DOJ on Monday declined to comment on former President Donald Trump’s promise to request an investigation of Google’s “illegal” bias should he win the presidency in November. The Republican nominee posted to Truth Social Friday claiming Google has “illegally used a system of only revealing and displaying bad stories about Donald J. Trump, some made up for this purpose while, at the same time, only revealing good stories about Comrade Kamala Harris.” He recommended the department “criminally prosecute” Google for “blatant” election interference. “If not, and subject to the Laws of our Country, I will request their prosecution, at the maximum levels, when I win the Election, and become President of the United States!” His post came two days after the conservative Media Research Center issued a report claiming Google is favoring Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign. In a statement, Google dismissed the report’s findings: “Both campaign websites consistently appear at the top of Search for relevant and common search queries. This report looked at a single rare search term on a single day a few weeks ago, and even for that search, both candidates’ websites ranked in the top results on Google.” The Trump and Harris campaigns didn’t comment Monday.