US government wants access to Telegram

Earlier this year, Pavel Durov was interviewed by Tucker Carlson, and he revealed that US agents tried to hire his engineer.

He said: “There was an attempt to secretly hire my engineer behind my back by US cybersecurity officers.”

It seems they wanted to install open source tools and hack into the platform, with their aim being to spy on people. US government told France to arrest Durov and make up these phony charges.