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Trump budget would eliminate CISA disinformation offices, alleging censorship

President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in the Cabinet Room. (Official White House photo by Molly Riley)

By Miranda Nazzaro

President Trump proposed shuttering the disinformation offices and programs at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), alleging in the White House budget request that they contributed to the censorship of the president and his supporters.

The president’s budget proposal, released Friday, claimed CISA’s disinformation offices and programs “functioned as a hub in the Censorship Industrial Complex.”

“CISA was more focused on cooperating with Big Tech to target free speech than our nation’s critical systems,” the White House wrote in a fact sheet. “Even CISA’s own systems have fallen prey to attacks.”

Read more at The Hill

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