‘Egregious acts’: Constitutional expert calls on Congress to protect American free speech

An American legal icon, George Washington University’s Jonathan Turley, says it’s gone far enough and now Congress needs to act to halt a European agenda to eliminate free speech in the U.S.

The fight is over more and more restrictions Europeans are imposing on speech, making things like praying for the lives of the unborn on a street illegal, demanding adherence to a leftist political ideology in comments, and even censorship of American tech companies.

The administration of President Donald Trump recently moved against the agenda by barring five individuals who have pursued European rules censoring Americans from entering the U.S.

Those names included Thierry Breton, the former European Union commissioner responsible for digital policy.

“The United States is finally responding to what is an existential threat to American values. It is worth noting, as I discuss in my new book, ‘Rage and the Republic,’ that the EU is not only exporting its censorship rules but threatening American companies that do not meet its environment, social and governance (ESG) policies. It is time for Congress to follow suit and get into this fight,” he warned.

Online, Turley, who not only has testified before Congress as an expert on the Constitution but has represented members in those fights, cited the claim from Raphael Glucksmann, a French socialist member of the European Parliament, who said, “We are the free world now.”

It came after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio took action.

“For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose. The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate these egregious acts of extraterritorial censorship. Today, @StateDept will take steps to bar leading figures of the global censorship-industrial complex from entering the United States. We stand ready and willing to expand this list if others do not reverse course.”

For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose. The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate these egregious acts of extraterritorial censorship.

Today, @StateDept will take steps to…

— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) December 23, 2025

Breton achieved infamy in America as “one of the architects of the massive EU censorship system, which is now being globalized. Armed with the notorious Digital Services Act, Breton and others threatened American companies and officials that they would have to yield to European standards of free speech,” the report said.

Turley explained, “After Breton learned that Musk was planning to interview Trump before the last presidential election, he even warned the X owner that he would be ‘monitored’ and potentially subject to EU fines.”

And now the socialist, Glucksmann, is mad at America’s response to censorship by Breton, who demanded, “We are Europeans. We must defend our laws, our principles, our interests.”

Turley pointed out the fight is simple: Whether Europe or the U.S. Constitution will dictate the scope of free speech for Americans.

The EU leftists already have had help from American insiders, Turley noted.

“After Musk bought Twitter with a pledge to restore free-speech protections, Hillary Clinton called upon European officials to force him to censor under Europe’s Digital Services Act,” he said. And then there’s Nina Jankowicz, who used to run Biden’s infamous Disinformation Governance Board.

She told the European Parliament to fight the U.S.

He said the EU Digital Services Act blandly complains about “disinformation” or “incitement” but then demands that all such language be censored.

“In my forthcoming book, ‘Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution,’ I discuss the challenges facing our republic in the 21st century, including the EU and its transnational governance model. Many on the left are supporting the erosion of national laws and values in favor of standards set by global experts and elites,” Turley warned.

Even entertainers have joined to suppress speech, Turley noted, with ABC employee Jimmy Kimmel telling a Christmas Eve audience in Great Britain that the U.S. is a global threat.

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio all have warned about the EU’s censorship agenda.

He said it’s time Congress, which so far “has done nothing due to opposition from Democratic members,” start protecting American freedom.