Jen Psaki is attempting to quash a subpoena requiring her to testify in a lawsuit brought by the GOP attorney generals of Missouri and Louisiana alleging the government colluded with tech companies to suppress the First Amendment rights of Americans.
The DOJ lawyer said: “If permitted to proceed, the deposition of Ms. Psaki would inevitably set the Executive and Judicial Branches ‘on a collision course’ through adjudications of executive privilege, thrusting the court into ‘the awkward position of evaluating the Executive’s claims of confidentiality and autonomy,’ and ‘difficult questions of separation of powers and checks and balances’ would quickly be pushed to the fore.
Courts have not been convinced by arguments that members of the executive branch should not be required to testify. Last month, a judge
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