Posted on 09/07/2022 11:34:08 AM PDT by conservative98
A federal judge in Louisiana ruled Tuesday that the Biden administration has 21 days to turn over all relevant emails sent by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Dr. Anthony Fauci to social media platforms regarding alleged misinformation and the censorship of social media content.
The decision by Judge Terry Doughty, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, came as part of a lawsuit filed in May by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, accusing the Biden administration of suppressing the constitutionally protected right to free speech on elections, the COVID-19 lab leak theory, coronavirus-related lockdowns and other issues.
The Justice Department objected to the handing over of the email correspondence under executive privilege and presidential communications privilege, but Doughty decided, "This Court believes Plaintiffs are entitled to external communications by Jean-Pierre and Dr. Fauci in their capacities as White House Press Secretary and Chief Medical Advisor to the President to third-party social media platforms."
Schmitt, who is running for U.S. Senate in Missouri, announced the development regarding his lawsuit on Twitter.
In their initial filing, he and Landry argued that "having threatened and cajoled social-media platforms for years to censor viewpoints and speakers disfavored by the Left, senior government officials in the Executive Branch have moved into a phase of open collusion with social-media platforms under the Orwellian guise of halting so-called 'disinformation,' 'misinformation' and 'malinformation.'"
"As a result of these actions, there has been an unprecedented rise of censorship and suppression of free speech — including core political speech — on social media platforms," the lawsuit says. "Not just fringe views, but perfectly legitimate, responsible viewpoints and speakers have been unlawfully and unconstitutionally threatened in the modern public square."
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Can I get a woof woof!
This is good. Very good.
wow, we finally won one.
Ooooh Yeaaaah! (Duffman)
this fringe judge will be reprimanded by the mainstream maniacs.
Notice how they say “Trump appointed judge” the rare instance something goes his way, but never “Obama appointed judge .etc” all the times it doesn’t.
Yeah, we all know how this regime complies with judges rulings that they don’t like. They won’t be turning over a damn thing. They’re just going to give this ruling the usual run-around and flip this judge the bird.
The responding documents were deleted by a computer glitch.
Hard drive crash in 3...2...1
I’ll also add just because it is Trump appointed doesn’t mean it is one he wanted. All administrations make deals, you get 1 judge, I get two, etc.
I’ll be very surprised if the information is ever turned over. We are now living in the Leftist States of America. There will be stalling, claims of lost materials, etc., but we’ll never see the emails
Fauci lied people died.
Alex Berenson Is prepping a big lawsuit over this himself. He’ll be filing soon…
“we finally won one.”
So far. It’ll be appealed or something.
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