{"id":1634678,"date":"2022-09-06T21:19:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T01:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1634678"},"modified":"2022-09-06T21:19:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T01:19:36","slug":"judge-orders-fauci-other-top-officials-to-produce-records-for-big-tech-government-censorship-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-orders-fauci-other-top-officials-to-produce-records-for-big-tech-government-censorship-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Orders Fauci, Other Top Officials to Produce Records for Big Tech\u2013Government Censorship Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-orders-fauci-other-top-officials-to-produce-records-for-big-tech-government-censorship-lawsuit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1634678&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-anthony-fauci\">Anthony Fauci<\/a>, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and other top Biden administration officials who were resisting efforts to obtain their communications with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-big-tech\">Big Tech<\/a> companies must hand over the records, a federal judge ruled on Sept. 6.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump appointee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/federal-judge-orders-biden-administration-to-cooperate-in-social-media-collusion-lawsuit_4595222.html\">ordered the government<\/a> to quickly produce documents after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/2-gop-led-states-sue-biden-administration-for-pressuring-and-colluding-with-big-tech-to-censor-free-speech_4449673.html\">it was sued<\/a> by the attorneys general of Louisiana and Missouri over alleged collusion with Big Tech firms such as Facebook. The initial tranche of discovery, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/over-50-biden-administration-employees-12-us-agencies-involved-in-social-media-censorship-push-documents_4704349.html\">released on Aug. 31<\/a>, revealed that more than 50 government officials across a dozen agencies were involved in applying pressure to social media companies to censor users.<\/p>\n<p>But some of the officials refused to provide any answers, or answer all questions\u00a0posed by the plaintiffs. Among them: Fauci, who serves as director of the\u00a0National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/many-of-faucis-emails-with-zuckerberg-should-be-shielded-from-lawsuit-government-says_4705309.html\">claimed<\/a> that Fauci should not be required to answer all questions or provide records in his capacity as NIAID director or in his capacity as Biden\u2019s chief medical adviser. It also attempted to withhold records and responses from Jean-Pierre.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/22275721-discovery-order\">the new ruling<\/a> on Tuesday breaking the stalemate, Doughty said both Fauci and Jean-Pierre needed to comply with the interrogatories and record requests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, the requested information is obviously very relevant to Plaintiffs\u2019 claims. Dr. Fauci\u2019s communications would be relevant to Plaintiffs\u2019 allegations in reference to alleged suppression of speech relating to the lab-leak theory of COVID-19\u2019s origin, and to alleged suppression of speech about the efficiency of masks and COVID-19 lockdowns. Jean-Pierre\u2019s communications as White House Press Secretary could be relevant to all of Plaintiffs\u2019 examples,\u201d Doughty said, referring to examples such as the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story ahead of the 2020 presidential election and censorship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and other top Biden administration officials who were resisting efforts to obtain their communications with Big Tech companies must hand over the records, a federal judge ruled on Sept. 6. 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