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The Brilliant Legal Mind of John Sauer
Brownstone ^ | 8/19/23 | AARON KHERIATY

Posted on 08/19/2023 5:59:34 PM PDT by CFW

On July 20, our attorney John Sauer—a brilliant legal mind and a force of nature in the courtroom—testified before a Congressional hearing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of Government. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Emma-Jo Morris, the journalist who originally broke the Hunter Biden laptop story, which was subsequently censored under pressure from the FBI, also testified. In a “you can’t make this stuff up moment,” one committee member began this hearing—a hearing on the topic of government censorship—by calling for a vote to censor the hearing itself, shielding it from public view and removing it from the public record.

You can watch the entire hearing here (Sauer’s testimony begins at minute 48). For those who prefer to read, I’ve included below the text of John Sauer’s five-minute oral testimony. For those who want a deeper dive, scroll down to his more detailed written testimony, which summarizes our case’s findings related to unconstitutional government censorship

Oral Testimony of D. John Sauer

Mr. Chairman, Members of the Subcommittee:

House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of Government.

On July 4, 2023—Independence Day—Judge Terry A. Doughty of the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Louisiana entered an historic injunction against White House and other federal officials to prevent them from “urging, encouraging, pressuring, or inducing in any manner the removal, deletion, suppression, or reduction of content containing protected free speech posted on social-media platforms.” Ex. 2, at 4.

Judge Doughty’s opinion contains 82 pages of detailed factual findings, supported by 577 citations of the record evidence, drawn from roughly 20,000 pages of the federal Government’s own emails and communications with social-media platforms, and the sworn testimony of senior federal officials in six full-length depositions. Ex. 1, at 4-86.

(Excerpt) Read more at brownstone.org ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: censorship; firstamendment; government; socialmedia
This is a great article regarding the testimony (and much of that testimony is included in the article) in the hearings before the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of Government. It also speaks to the censorship and First Amendment case of Missouri v. Biden.

If you want to be well-informed on the issues in this case, this article is well-worth your time to read.

Grandpa Dave pointed me to the article in a comment on another thread. I appreciate him doing so.

1 posted on 08/19/2023 5:59:34 PM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW; Grampa Dave

Grampa Dave, thanks for the link.


2 posted on 08/19/2023 6:01:16 PM PDT by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: Jim Robinson; John Robinson; Chris Robinson

YHVH bless you all.


3 posted on 08/19/2023 6:36:23 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: All
...an historic injunction against White House and other federal officials to prevent them from “urging, encouraging, pressuring, or inducing in any manner the removal, deletion, suppression, or reduction of content containing protected free speech posted on social-media platforms.”

Nobody is going to convince me that these men haven't been under enormous pressure to comply...
...and they've held.

4 posted on 08/19/2023 6:43:47 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: CFW

Summary link for the eye sight weary? Thanks.


5 posted on 08/19/2023 8:12:37 PM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Live Free!)
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