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2022-12-10 Government Corruption
Judge Blocks Depositions Of 3 High-Ranking Biden Admin Officials In Big Tech–Government Collusion Case
[ZERO] A federal judge on Dec. 7 ruled that three high-ranking officials within the Biden administration will not be required to testify under oath at depositions in a lawsuit that alleges federal government collusion with Big Tech companies to censor users.

U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in October ordered the depositions of Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly, and Rob Flaherty, a deputy assistant to President Joe Biden, as part of a lawsuit brought in May by Republican Attorneys General Eric Schmitt of Missouri and Jeff Landry of Louisiana.

The attorneys general claim that high-ranking members of the government colluded and coerced social media companies to "suppress disfavored speakers, viewpoints, and content" or what they claimed was "misinformation" regarding COVID-19.

In November, Doughty, a Trump appointee, also said that Jen Psaki, a former White House press secretary who now works for MSNBC, must also sit for a deposition as part of the case.

However on Thursday, Doughty ruled that three of the individuals—Murthy, Easterly, and Flaherty—will no longer be required to appear for a deposition after a federal appeals court blocked the move last month, stating that the judge had failed to consider whether alternative and less "intrusive" means could be used to obtain the information being sought.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-10 00:43|| || Front Page|| [11142 views ]  Top

#1 Deep state protecting itself.

You must NOT expose evidence of their guilt doing exactly what we thought they were doing all along. That is NEVER allowed.
Posted by Spike the Hairy6811 2022-12-10 01:02||   2022-12-10 01:02|| Front Page Top

#2 
LSD / DC Swamp immunity strikes again .
Posted by NN2N1 2022-12-10 06:22||   2022-12-10 06:22|| Front Page Top

#3 The 1st Amendment has been overruled by some dude who decided that Tyranny is the new freedom.
Posted by Super Hose 2022-12-10 08:38||   2022-12-10 08:38|| Front Page Top

#4 alternative and less "intrusive" means

Cause they might say something they shouldn't.
Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-10 08:55||   2022-12-10 08:55|| Front Page Top

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