The U.S. government is attempting to withhold many of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s email communications with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Defendants object to this Request as overbroad because it calls for documents that are not relevant to Plaintiffs’ claims and that do not fall within scope of discovery authorized by the Court,” government lawyers said on behalf of Fauci and the agency he directs, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), in a brief made public this week.
The suit, brought by two states, triggered the release of hundreds of emails between government officials and Big Tech workers….