Court Blocks Depositions of 3 Biden Administration Officials

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on July 15, 2021. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

A federal appeals court has blocked, at least temporarily, the depositions of three high-level government officials in the Big Tech–government collusion case.

U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, who ordered the depositions, failed to consider whether different methods of obtaining the information sought is sufficient, the appeals court stated in the Nov. 21 order.