According to a story in the Washington Times, Judge Doughty has dismissed the Biden administration’s assertion that they are entitled to protect its officials from inquiries and record demands in connection with this litigation by asserting that they are entitled to executive privilege.
“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,” Judge Doughty wrote in his decision on Tuesday. “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.
In response to this ruling, a senior administration official stated in an email to Fox News that “as we have said over and over again since the beginning of the administration in our battle against COVID-19, it has been critical for the American people to have access to factual, accurate, science-based information.”
“For instance, we put forth a lot of effort to dispel false or misleading information about the COVID vaccinations, which have helped save the lives of millions of people, and we encourage people in the United States to be vaccinated boosted so that they may remain safe. Democrats and Republicans gathered together to urge the people to be vaccinated, emphasizing the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines,” the official added.
The email reportedly concluded, “We believe in and support freedom of speech, and we also believe it is important for all media platforms, including social media, to represent factual scientific information and combat misinformation and disinformation that can cost lives,” Fox News reported. “We also believe it is important for all media platforms, including social media, to represent factual scientific information and combat misinformation and disinformation that can cost lives.”
On Twitter, Schmitt, also running for a seat in the United States Senate in the state of Missouri, disclosed the latest turn of events in the legal dispute.
“BREAKING: In our lawsuit against the Biden Administration for 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,” Schmitt tweeted. “Our lawsuit alleges that the Biden Administration colluded with social media companies to censor speech.”
As a “refresher on how we got here and papers that already demonstrate a large censorship business between the Biden Administration and Big tech,” Schmitt tweeted the initial material about the complaint.
Schmitt expressed his satisfaction with Judge Doughty’s decision in a news statement.
Schmitt stated that the people of the United States need to have their questions answered on how the federal government has worked with social media firms to stifle free speech on these key platforms. “We will continue to struggle to disclose more of this massive industry of suppression.”
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