Judge punts Psaki social-media subpoena fight – POLITICO

A federal magistrate judge in Virginia openly scoffed Friday at White House press secretary Jen Psaki s efforts to escape a deposition in a suit over alleged pressure on social media firms to censor posts on topics like Covid-19 vaccines and election fraud.

But even after roundly rejecting and even ridiculing arguments Psaki s attorneys and the Justice Department presented against forcing her to testify, U.S. Magistrate Judge Ivan Davis ruled that the issue of Psaki s testimony be sent to Louisiana to be resolved by the federal judge overseeing the case filed in May by the states of Louisiana and Missouri. That suit alleges that President Joe Biden and his appointees are violating the First Amendment by urging Facebook, Twitter and other firms to limit access to posts on controversial subjects.

via www.politico.com

“[T]o limit access to posts on controversial subjects”? Seems like Politico is being deliberately obscure on this point.