Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, once the darling of online liberals and late-night talk show hosts, will soon have to address a different audience.
A federal court.
Psaki tried to quash a subpoena to testify in a lawsuit brought by the states of Missouri and Louisiana, who argue their citizens' rights were violated when the Biden administration allegedly supplied social media companies with lists of accounts and posts to censor or suppress for differing with White House policy.
The Biden Justice Department backed Psaki's effort to avoid testifying, with Psaki claiming it would be an “undue burden” to prepare testimony and that she had no information to offer.
But U.S. Magistrate Ivan Davis saw it differently, refusing Psaki's request.
“How much time does it take to prepare a witness for deposition when she doesn't really have anything to say?” asked Davis, CBS News reports.
Davis sent the matter back to the Louisiana court where the case is filed.
The judge in that case says Psaki must testify.
CBS News further reports:
Missouri and Louisiana say they want more information about statements Psaki made during news conferences in which she urged social media platforms to do a better job of blocking disinformation on their sites. In one briefing, for instance, she said the administration was flagging problematic posts to social media companies.
“We engage with (social media companies) regularly and they certainly understand what our asks are,” she said.
Missouri and Louisiana say they want to know from Psaki who within the administration was engaging with social media companies and what they were asking.
The Biden Justice Department plans to appeal the ruling and have a higher court block Psaki's testimony.
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Not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Too much effort to prepare yet she claims she knows nothing. Insane.
She was the head of the WH propaganda machine, so she knows more than she is willing to admit. Take the 5th and be done with it.
The ACLU has been climbing out from under their rock a lot lately. Why are they so unconcerned about conservative rights being squashed? Of course, we all know the answer to that. The “CL” needs to be changed to Criminal Leftist.
Psaki knows who flagged the posts and the motivation behind the scheme, so prep time should be almost nil. She’s making excuses because she wants to stay in with the leftist crowd and knows that honest testimony will betray them. So she’ll do her normal non-answer dance and have to circle back on questions she can’t evade.
I am laughing so hard. It is so obvious that this puts her in a bad position. She knows if she lies and is caught, she’s looking at prison time. But she has to lie lest she commits Arkancide. What a tangled web these people weave.