House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan threatens to hold Google in contempt of Congress for failing to produce subpoenaed documents

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) threatened enforcement action against Google that could include holding the company in contempt of Congress for failing to produce documents the committee subpoenaed. In a letter to a lawyer for Google shared exclusively with CNBC, Chairman Jordan called the company’s compliance so far “insufficient” and demanded it hands over more information. Chairman Jordan issued subpoenas to the CEOs of Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft in February 2023. The subpoenas demanded that the companies hand over communication with the US government to “understand how and to what extent the Executive Branch coerced and colluded with companies and other intermediaries to censor speech. The House Judiciary Committee may also seek to take other actions against Google, like deposing the company’s management or trying to restrict federal dollars from going to Google in future legislation.