On Tuesday, a judge in a district court in the United States issued a decision.
This decision demands several high-level, public health officials (Chief Medical Counsel to the President Anthony Fauci, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and other aides) to turn over all of their external correspondence with big tech corporations.
The decision was reached as a result of a case brought against high-ranking officials in the Biden administration by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, Eric Schmitt and Jeff Landry.
This case was brought on the grounds that Biden aides conspired with social media corporations to stifle free speech.
Court Order
Judge Terry A. Doughty, writing for the Western District of Louisiana Court, acknowledged how the plaintiffs are given access to external correspondence by Jean-Pierre and Dr. Fauci in their roles to third-party social media outlets.
He also ordered that both officials will henceforth provide explanations to the plaintiff’s queries and file demands within twenty-one (21) days from the date of [the] order.
In the court decision, Doughty also ordered several noteworthy leaders with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must respond to the plaintiffs’ accelerated revelation requests concerning correspondence with social media platforms within 21 days.
BREAKING: In MO and LA's lawsuit against the Biden Admin for allegedly colluding with social media companies to censor speech, the Court just ordered DOJ to produce records from key WH & HHS officials like Dr. Fauci, the WH Press Secretary, and others. pic.twitter.com/vifoC2WwJS
— Attorney General Eric Schmitt (@AGEricSchmitt) September 6, 2022
These officials include the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Engagement at HHS, the Director of HHS’s Digital Engagement Team, the HHS Deputy Digital Director, and the Deputy Director of the Office of Communications in HRSA.
Under the pretense of ‘executive privilege,’ the Department of Justice, according to a statement issued by Schmitt, continued to refuse, up until this point, to comply with demands for discovery from high-ranking officials in the Biden administration.
The court issued an order that compels the federal government to hand over the records plaintiffs have requested for a significant amount of time.
Read the full ruling here: https://t.co/Vc5UgfxRLZ
More information about the recent action in this case that shows a vast "censorship enterprise" between federal officials and social media companies –> https://t.co/LmNlTSXXm2
— Attorney General Eric Schmitt (@AGEricSchmitt) September 6, 2022
Schmitt went on to add the citizens of the United States need explanations on the ways in which their federal government worked in conjunction with social media businesses to stifle free speech on the most prominent online platforms.
They will not stop fighting until they have uncovered more of this massive censorship operation.
The Emails
The court order was issued several days after bombshell emails were made public, which revealed the administration of Biden arranged with top figures at Twitter and Facebook to suppress posts about COVID-19.
They asserted these posts encapsulated inaccurate or misleading information.
According to The Federalist, in an email dated July 16, 2021 and addressed to U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, a high-ranking Facebook spokesperson addressed how the corporation and Biden’s top aides met to define what the White House requires regarding misinformation.
Clarke Humphrey, the Digital Director for the White House COVID-19 Response Team, is shown in a separate email exchange dated July 20, 2021 as asking Facebook to remove a spoof Instagram account of Dr. Anthony Fauci.
To this, a business employee responded, “Yep, on it!”
This article appeared in The Political Globe and has been published here with permission.
