Sorry, Jen —you’ll have to testify.
According to a report from The Daily Caller, former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tried to avoid deposition in a lawsuit alleging coordination between Biden administration authorities and social media companies to suppress free speech.
A federal judge denied Psaki’s request —she will have to testify.
From The Daily Caller:
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.
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The Louisiana court had ordered Psaki on Oct. 21 to cooperate with the request to depose her. The plaintiffs have argued that she made statements while serving as White House press secretary 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,” according to the court’s memorandum order that day.
After leaving the Biden White House, Jen Psaki took a position at MSNBC.
More over at The Daily Caller:
Judge Denies Jen Psaki’s Attempt To Avoid Testifying About White House-Big Tech Collusion | The Daily Caller. Sad Chad! https://t.co/mxarJtJeJ4
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