Judge allows release of deposition videos of 2 former DOGE staffers
A federal judge is allowing the release of deposition videos of two former DOGE staffers, ruling that the risk of "embarrassment and reputational harm" is not enough to overcome the public interest in the videos.
U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon on Monday lifted an earlier order requiring a group of nonprofits to remove the videos from the internet after lawyers with the Justice Department argued that the former Department of Government Efficiency staffers faced threats because of the depositions' release.
While Judge McMahon acknowledged that the former staffers faced threats, she said the DOJ could not prove a "particularized harm" to the former staffers that would overcome the public interest in their official conduct as government employees.
"Here, the testimony in the videos concerns the conduct of public officials acting in their official capacities -- a context in which the public interest in transparency and accountability is at its apex," she wrote.
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