NTD Evening News (Feb. 9): GOP Holds First Weaponization of Federal Government Hearing; New Details on Chinese Spy Balloon

House Republicans on Feb. 9 opened their first hearing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. The committee is under the wing of the Judiciary Committee, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). The panel heard from prominent figures like former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, who contended for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, as well as Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). A U.S. official told The Epoch Times that the Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States for days before being shot down could monitor communications signals, and contained "equipment was clearly for intelligence surveillance and inconsistent with the equipment onboard weather balloons." Meta has confirmed that former President Donald Trump’s accounts on Facebook and Instagram have officially been restored.