(Congressional Agenda) – Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki had her request to avoid deposition in a lawsuit that is alleging collusion between the Biden administration and social media companies to suppress freedom of speech shot down by a federal court on Monday, which will no doubt cause her to “circle back” to square one in a desperate attempt to not provide testimony in this case.
Daily Caller legal reporter Trevor Schakohl wrote, “The lawsuit first filed by Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry in May accuses President Joe Biden and administration parties, including the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), of colluding with or coercing the companies to ‘suppress disfavored speakers, viewpoints, and content’ on their platforms with ‘dis-information,’ ‘mis-information’ and ‘mal-information’ labels. Psaki filed a motion last week in a bid to avoid complying with the subpoena requiring her to testify, but Judge Terry Doughty of the Western District Court of Louisiana decided Monday to reject the motion and Psaki’s alternative request to stay her deposition.”
“The Republican attorneys general are suing Biden administration officials for allegedly colluding with social media and technology platforms to censor speech, particularly relating to COVID-19 and election ‘misinformation,'” Schakohl continued.
The Louisiana court issued an order for Psaki on Oct. 21 to cooperate with the request made to depose her. The plaintiffs in the case made the argument that the former press secretary made statement while serving in her official capacity in the Biden administration that “(1) attested to her personal knowledge of the participation of high- level White House officials in pressuring social-media platforms, and (2) reinforced the public threats of adverse legal consequences to social-media platforms if they do not increase censorship of views disfavored by federal officials,” the court’s memorandum order stated that day.
The Oct. 21 order also approved the plaintiff’s request to depose other individuals including director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci, FBI Supervisory Special Agent Elvis Chan, and Surgeon General Vivek Murphy, despite their opposition to such an action.
🚨BREAKING: In our lawsuit against the Biden Administration for colluding with social media companies to censor speech, the deposition of an FBI official will move forward after our big win in Court earlier today. pic.twitter.com/G7GrshpUb7
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) November 14, 2022
“The Louisiana court’s Monday memorandum said Psaki and the lawsuit’s federal defendants ‘were making an ‘end-run’ around its previous ruling by presenting arguments for quashing the subpoena. It argued that Psaki’s reasons for having to prepare and give deposition were not ‘undue burdens’ that justified exempting her, so she would not suffer irreparable harm,” Schakohl noted.
“The public interest lies in determining whether First Amendment free speech rights have been suppressed,” presiding Judge Terry Doughty remarked in the memorandum.
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