- US District Judge Terry Doughty granted the request led by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry
- The suit alleges the Biden administration actively worked with social media companies and encouraged them to censor ‘disfavored’ viewpoints and were in violation of the First Amendment rights of those individuals
- Anthony Fauci, Jen Psaki, the former White House Press Secretary, FBI Supervisory Special Agent Elvis Chan, among others will be deposed
- Before Friday’s order, the judge gave the White House 21 days to comply
- He threw away the Justice Department’s attempt to use executive privilege
- Doughty ruled that executive privilege does not apply to external communications by White House officials
