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On July 19, 2019, Professor Robert Epstein revealed before the Judiciary Senate Committee that Google was responsible for swaying 2.6 million people into voting for Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential elections, and had also implied that the amount of people swayed may have been as many as 10.4 million votes, and may have even been trying to influence national elections as early as 2015.<ref name="Epstein testimony PDF">https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Epstein%20Testimony.pdf</ref><ref name="Epstein testimony YouTube">https://youtu.be/IzF7nBmwPso</ref>
On July 19, 2019, Professor Robert Epstein revealed before the Judiciary Senate Committee that Google was responsible for swaying 2.6 million people into voting for Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential elections, and had also implied that the amount of people swayed may have been as many as 10.4 million votes, and may have even been trying to influence national elections as early as 2015.<ref name="Epstein testimony PDF">https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Epstein%20Testimony.pdf</ref><ref name="Epstein testimony YouTube">https://youtu.be/IzF7nBmwPso</ref>
===Interference with Trump presidency===
Owing to all of the above, Google has been accused of trying to stifle conservative voices (especially those that support Trump) and only allowing for left-wing viewpoints to be shown on the search engine. Although Google twice denied these claims, this was eventually confirmed on September 12, 2018, via a leaked video via Breitbart for the TGIF session immediately after Donald Trump's election, where the upper management not only made their views of the American public clear by inferring that those who voted for Donald Trump were "fascists and communists", but also strongly implied that they were going to dedicate all of their resources to making sure the rise of populism is squashed.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRf9UxsM-NE&feature=youtu.be</ref><ref>Bokhari, Allum (September 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/09/12/leaked-video-google-leaderships-dismayed-reaction-to-trump-election/ LEAKED VIDEO: Google Leadership’s Dismayed Reaction to Trump Election]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 14, 2018.</ref><ref>Freiburger, Calvin (September 17, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/top-google-leaders-vowed-to-alter-future-elections-to-avoid-trump-hiccup-le Top Google leaders vowed to alter future elections to avoid Trump ‘hiccup’: leaked video]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved September 19, 2018.</ref> Google also was caught trying to increase [[Latino]] turnout in the 2016 election.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (September 14, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/30073-google-caught-red-handed-tried-to-get-clinton-elected Google Caught Red-handed: Tried to Get Clinton Elected]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 14, 2018.</ref>
On a similar note, Professor Epstein when giving testimony towards Google's efforts in overturning elections mentioned that, aside from its aforementioned role in manipulating votes in Hillary Clinton's favor, it also may have been responsible for the manipulation of as many as 78 million votes during the 2018 midterm elections, and has also implied that they are using their autocomplete programs for their products as a form of social engineering.<ref name="Epstein testimony PDF" /><ref name="Epstein testimony YouTube" />
=== Relationship with the Obama Administration ===
=== Relationship with the Obama Administration ===