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Sarah Rogers Censors Conference on Disinformation
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The Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers pressured the EU, Lithuania, and Canada into pulling support for a disinformation conference that already had pulled its punches when disc...
![ORDERED that Plaintiff’s [74] Motion to Unseal is GRANTED IN PART. The Clerk of the Court shall unseal in full the [65-2] Delta PowerPoint. Defendants shall submit to Plaintiff and the Court any proposals for narrowly tailored redactions to the [65-1] JLL Plan, accompanied by particularized and substantial written justifications, no later than October 14, 2026. Plaintiff shall file any response to the proposed redactions no later than October 19, 2026. The Court will then review the proposals and rule by separate order.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:353gzbhcjbznfxegvayffqek/bafkreigfpxmpkokcoamisifm756idoe4lh5pai7tk3yrqlpkpsmlurijky)
![Quote from complaint
-The Trump Administration’s actions “created a grave threat to the rule of law,”without which “you have either anarchy or you have authoritarianism. You have Russia or you have China or you have North Korea.
Actual passages from story
What happened in Minnesota’s federal court, he said, “created a grave threat to the rule of law.”
[snip]
“You walk down the street, and you assume you’re generally safe because of the law,” he said. “It’s the rule of law. If you don’t have it, you have either anarchy or you have authoritarianism. You have Russia or you have China or you have North Korea.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreiepeudtnfmoeqyryownt6dtgcjvxuwsjqxyvi6ozawjdticratfka)
![Proia also allegedly sent the following text messages to phones numbers associated with the victim’s parents:
a. “Good morning [first name of victim’s mother]. Does it disturb you that such evil as [Federal Official] is married to the creature that slithered from your Cunt?”
b. [Photo of Victim 1]
c. “My god, how can you be proud of this filth?”
d. “Hey [first name of victim’s father], how goes it? Hope your daughter marrying a Jewish Nazi/white supremacist is working out for you and [first name of victim’s mother]. Did you raise her to be trash or did that just happen naturally?”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreid7uzkrhss54jdr5on5zaeqmvabbnsizerwwfdvraexweaj37pcty)
