Courts Must Decide Whether Government Pressured Twitter to Ban Donald Trump: Attorney

Courts Must Decide Whether Government Pressured Twitter to Ban Donald Trump: Attorney
The suspended Twitter account of President Donald Trump appears on an iPhone screen in San Anselmo, Calif., on Jan. 8, 2021. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Former President Donald Trump is appealing the dismissal of his lawsuit against Twitter for violating his First Amendment rights by banning him from the platform, and one of his attorneys said the key issue is whether Twitter was acting at the behest of government officials to censor him.

Alex Kozinski, who is representing the former president, said the government can’t use a third party as a cat’s paw to get around the law.

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