An FBI official involved in pressuring big tech companies to censor information must sit for a deposition, a U.S. judge ruled on Nov. 14, rejecting an attempt by President Joe Biden’s administration to shield the official.
Elvis Chan, a supervisory special agent in the FBI’s San Francisco officer, might have not been involved in the communication that led to Facebook suppressing the first story about Hunter Biden’s laptop computer, U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty said.
But Chan might still have information about which FBI official or officials were involved, Doughty, a Trump appointee said.
“If Chan played no role in the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story, then such information will be made clear in his deposition,” Doughty said in a 4-page ruling….