Former President Donald Trump is appealing the dismissal of his lawsuit against Twitter for violating his First Amendment rights by banning him from the platform, and one of his attorneys said the key issue is whether Twitter was acting at the behest of government officials to censor him.
Alex Kozinski, who is representing the former president, said the government can’t use a third party as a cat’s-paw to get around the law.
“When the government forces a private individual or cajoles a private individual to do something that they otherwise wouldn’t do, that is considered to be the action of the government,” Kozinski said in a recent interview for EpochTV’s “Crossroads” program….