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

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 23, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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.