Musk's 'Twitter Files,' revealing censorship of Hunter Biden laptop story, is a 'distraction, White House says

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday dismissed Elon Musk’s release of the so-called "Twitter Files" as a "distraction" at a time when she says the platform is facing a rise in hate speech. 

The exchange came days after Musk, who acquired Twitter in late October, released bombshell revelations about what led the tech giant to suppress a New York Post story on Hunter Biden’s laptop in the final weeks of the 2020 election.

Musk outsourced his findings to Substack journalist Matt Taibbi who published a lengthy thread detailing the platform’s censorship and...