<p>Inside the US State Department, critics are still attacking a closed office established to counter foreign propaganda. Some of its work is also being resumed.</p><p>A leak of purportedly significant government files to a conservative online personality was intended to provide evidence supporting claims made by the Trump administration and its allies. They alleged that a little-known office within the US State Department, created to combat foreign propaganda, had secretly become a tool for domestic censorship.</p><p>Two former high-ranking officials at the Global Engagement Center (GEC), which faced criticism from Republicans, lost its funding in 2024, and was disbanded following Donald Trump’s return to office in 2025, stated that the documents do not support these claims.</p>
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Critics Continue to Target Disbanded State Department Office Amid Document Leak
Critics are continuing to target a disbanded office within the US State Department that was created to counter foreign propaganda. A recent leak of documents intended to support claims of domestic censorship has been dismissed by former officials as showing no evidence of such actions.
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Documents leaked by Trump official to bolster a conspiracy show ‘absolutely nothing’
Critics Continue to Target Disbanded State Department Office Amid Document Leak