A federal court denied former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki’s request Monday to avoid deposition in a lawsuit alleging coordination between Biden administration authorities and social media companies to suppress free speech. …

The Louisiana court’s Monday memorandum said Psaki and the lawsuit’s federal defendants “were making an ‘end-run’” around its previous ruling by presenting arguments for quashing the subpoena. It argued that Psaki’s reasons for having to prepare and give deposition were not “undue burdens” that justified exempting her, so she would not suffer irreparable harm.

“The public interest lies in determining whether First Amendment free speech rights have been suppressed,” presiding Judge Terry Doughty stated in the memorandum.