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Posted on 11/15/2022 4:39:37 PM PST by Libloather
A federal judge on Monday ruled in favor of deposing an FBI agent accused of "colluding" with social media companies to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story.
Judge Terry A. Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana ruled that FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Elvis Chan must be deposed under oath for his alleged involvement in coordinating with Meta to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story prior to the 2020 election.
"Chan had authority over cybersecurity issues for the FBI in the San Francisco, California region which includes the headquarters of major social-media platforms and played a critical role for the FBI in coordinating with social-media platforms related to censorship," Doughty wrote in his Monday court order. "Even if Chan played no role in the Hunter Biden laptop communication issue, he may have knowledge of who did, and his deposition is nonetheless warranted."
The decision relates to a lawsuit filed in May against the Biden administration. In that suit, Republican Attorneys General Eric Schmitt of Missouri and Jeff Landry of Louisiana accused top-ranking government officials of working with the giant social media companies Meta, Twitter and YouTube "under the guise of combating misinformation" in order to achieve greater censorship.
On Oct. 10, the AGs identified Chan and 46 defendants in the suit. Chan was cited for his alleged "critical role" in "coordinating with social-media platforms relating to censorship and suppression of speech on their platforms."
The court on Oct. 21 authorized Chan’s deposition, but Chan’s attorneys filed a motion to reconsider that ruling, which was denied on Monday.
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Q1 to agent.
Who gave you that order? Then depose that person and repeat until you get to the top.
Wonder how much more we will know after Elvis has left the building.
The FBI Brass is sending him to the Mayorkas school of testimony. It will be comical. Like Hillary & Co. All questions will need be submitted in advance in writing, subject to her approval. That’s how they deposed Hillary and her state department cohorts.
And oh yes, Hillary & Cohorts agreed to answer those approved written questions in exchange for a no-prosecution agreement signed by the head of the DOJ, which I believe was Comey at the time.
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What about the FBI ?
Waterboard the agent. Stop playing nice with these traitors.
There is no legal code involved here. Just time honored policies and procedures that may be changed and/or violated at will. Besides, the latitude granted via “prosecutorial discretion” all but guarantees the partisan application of justice. Finally, oaths of office are not legally binding, else the makeup of pubkic officialdom would be radically different.
Appointed by President Trump.
Some things make more sense now.
What about the FBI ?
It’s the 7th floor of the FBI....not just and agent.
I couldn't resist!
Sure, why not. Waterboarding isn’t torture and we have probably thousands of pages of government legal arguments to back us up on that.
Well, it was nice knowing the judge.
Or has no one ever tried to enforce them?
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