People can think for themselves and don’t need the FBI and Justice Department trying to shape their political views, as they have done in recent elections, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said Thursday.

In a Fox News Channel interview with Host Sean Hannity, Rep. Gaetz agreed with House Judiciary Chair Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) that “a well-designed and orchestrated censorship campaign by the FBI and Justice Department (DOJ) influenced the 2020 election.

Rep. Jordan, who is heading up an investigation into the government’s weaponization of its powers, said that the FBI and DOJ are continuing to practice “censorship by surrogate.”

Rep. Gaetz called the censorship campaign undeniable, “on the (Hunter Biden) laptop story alone” – and that was has been discovered so far is just the tip of the iceberg. What’s more, the FBI and DOJ are supposed to stop crime, not influence thought, Gaetz added:

“Undeniably, on the laptop story alone. But, we are just starting to learn all of the different features of shadow-banning and trying to shape political thought for people in this country.

“I just want an FBI that goes and stops the bad guys from committing crimes and holds them accountable when they do – not an FBI and Department of Justice that’s trying to shape the political thought of our fellow Americans.

“We can do that for ourselves. We can decide who we want to vote for without the FBI and the DOJ trying to manipulate the digital marketplace of ideas.”

Asked if the FBI can be “rescued,” Gaetz said that the solution is to “decentralize the power outside of Washington, D.C.”