Posted on 01/08/2023 5:50:03 PM PST by SeekAndFind
I reported earlier on some of the bombshells that the Missouri AG Andrew Bailey announced they’d discovered in the lawsuit against the Biden administration. The lawsuit, filed by the Missouri and Lousiana Attorneys General alleged the Biden administration had been colluding with Big Tech and social media to “suppress disfavored speakers, viewpoints, and content” on their platforms with “dis-information,” “mis-information” and “mal-information” labels.
The Biden administration’s effort to squash speech extended to some pretty well-known names, including Tucker Carlson, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, and Tomi Lahren. But it was clear that members of the Executive Office of the President were regularly badgering Big Tech and social media like Google, Facebook, and Twitter to comply with shutting down anything the Biden team thought went against the narrative, including on things like COVID.
The Republican attorneys general pursuing the social media case had also been trying to depose former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki to find out what she knows. But the 5th Circuit just blocked their attempts to depose her, overturning the lower court’s ruling that would have allowed the deposition. The Circuit Court said that her testimony “did not merit the “extraordinary circumstances” needed to proceed with depositions of current or former high-ranking government officials.”
The Court said, “As Press Secretary, Psaki’s role was to inform the media of the administration’s priorities, not to develop or execute policy.” The Court said there wasn’t enough in the record to “demonstrate that Psaki has unique first-hand knowledge that would justify the extraordinary measure of deposing a high-ranking executive official.” The Court rejected the argument that because she was involved in the making comments about telling social media companies to remove their “COVID misinformation” that involved her in the scheme.
That didn’t discourage Louisiana AG Jeff Landry, “We have no problem with the court’s request. We look forward to obtaining more discovery.”
I think given the significant involvement of the Executive Office of the President that I wrote about earlier, the Court should have allowed it. It shows multiple EOP officials were involved and that there’s a lot to uncover there. But while the attorneys general may not be able to depose Psaki, it’s not going to stop them from getting more documents and evidence. So if the Biden team thought they were going to wiggle out of this, that’s not happening.
Poor Ginger Goebbels
Tomi Lahren is a big name? Tom Lehrer was a big name.
My opinions…
Because White House spokesperson knows nothing but 20-something Trump White House “aide” Hope Hicks was an advisor whom the President trusted with all his secrets...
Billary and Billy Boy were described as very gifted liars. This former press secretary demonstrated she could lie with the best of them, and has no morals or conscience that gets in the way. The epitome of a regular democRAT.
As Bongino has often pointed out, when under oath many people tell quite a different story. I suspect this press secretary would use the ‘I don’t recall’ method rather than purger herself.
Unlike the current illiterate holding the job, Ginger was a skilled linguist and liar.
I have no doubt she conjured up, and wrote many of the total lies she gave out to the propaganda arm of government.
Ping
Two Dubya stooges and an Obama stooge over-ruling a Trump judge and an impartial magistrate judge.
I predict a new study will find a correlation between red hair and selective memory loss.
jen said social media should be censoring people
“Psaki Tries to Justify Getting Social Media to Censor People but Makes It So Much Worse”
Why does it matter that she was not involved in decisions?
She’d be a witness.
You can depose witnesses.
TO my mind the press secretary is part and parcel with the policy makers because the secretary then goes out to the press and passes on the info to the reporters and therefore the public and the secretary is the one that tells the lies. They are the ones that omit the important info or won’t answer the questions. They are the mouthpiece of the administration.
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