Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki must sit for a deposition, a U.S. judge ruled on Nov. 21.
Psaki, who now works for MSNBC, is not facing an “undue burden,” U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump appointee, said in a 7-page ruling.
Doughty in October ordered Psaki and other former and current Biden administration officials to answer questions under oath because evidence has been put forth indicating they colluded with big tech firms to censor users.
Plaintiffs in the case said that Psaki’s public statements about the administration pressuring Facebook and other companies to crack down on supposed disinformation and misinformation and to ban users showed she had personal knowledge about communications between officials and big tech executives.  Doughty agreed, finding the plaintiffs “have proven that Jennifer Psaki has personal knowledge about the issue concerning censorship across social media as it related to COVID-19 and ancillary issues of COVID-19.”…