Posted on 11/18/2022 12:46:32 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge refused Friday to quash a subpoena issued to former White House press secretary Jen Psaki that seeks her deposition in a lawsuit filed by Missouri and Louisiana, alleging that the Biden administration conspired to silence conservative voices on social media.
Psaki filed a motion in federal court in Alexandria seeking to quash the subpoena, saying that she had no relevant information to provide and that a deposition would place an undue burden on her. The Justice Department supported her efforts to quash.
U.S. Magistrate Ivan Davis said during a hearing Friday that he was unimpressed with Psaki’s arguments. But he did not reject her request outright. Instead, he transferred the case back to Louisiana, where the lawsuit was filed.
The lawsuit filed by the attorney general in Missouri and Alexandria accuses President Joe Biden, former federal health official Anthony Fauci and others of conspiring with social media companies to restrict free speech by censoring conservative opinions about the COVID-19 response and other issues.
Missouri and Louisiana say they want more information about statements Psaki made during news conferences in which she urged social media platforms to do a better job of blocking disinformation on their sites. In one briefing, for instance, she said the administration was flagging problematic posts to social media companies.
“We engage with (social media companies) regularly and they certainly understand what our asks are,” she said.
Missouri and Louisiana say they want to know from Psaki who within the administration was engaging with social media companies and what they were asking.
Psaki’s lawyers say the states have already obtained the bulk of what they need from emails and other materials that have already been provided to them.
Eleven lawyers attended Friday’s hearing; Psaki did not.
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Hope you appreciate the law-fare Jen. Y’all put that hand on the table many times
She can appeal and he can circle back.
Eleven lawyers? How many from the DOJ? Do they have other things to do?
She spoke for the Biden administration, so, she has all the relevant information pertaining to everything Biden and democrats did during her 2+ years serving Biden.
Oh Jen. Weak weak weak
Don’t see why she has a problem, all she has to do is tell the truth.
...hmmmm...oh, never mind.
That’s all the doj is anymore. All they do is react to masters in politics and Beltway demands.
Little red lying hood did not come by that monicker innocently, a 5th amendment poster girl.
Lawyer speak.
At the very least, she’s paying big bucks in legal fees. *smile*
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