| Milo Yiannopoulos Says FBI
Called Him About Unite the Right But Cites
Journalist Privilege
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 29 – Milo
Yiannopoulos has been
subpoenaed for information for
a lawsuit about the United the
Right event, Sines v. Kessler,
et al., 18-cv-72 (W.D. Va.)
On July 29 U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Katherine Polk Failla
held a motion to compel
hearing, with Yiannopoulos by
video.
Inner City Press
live tweeted it, here
and some below. We are
publishing the M at Milo.net
emails saying "I am intensely
sympathetic to the aims of
your lawsuit as they relate to
Richard Spencer... Stop lying
to the court," on Patreon here.
The upshot
is that Yiannopoulos has been
ordered to speak with the
source or sources that he says
gave him video of Richard
Spencer.
He alluded
to electronic communications
with Jason Kessler, and it
seems he will turn those over
as well.
Yiannopoulous
said that the FBI had spoken
with him, but declined to
describe it. He invoked
journalist's privilege and
there will be briefing on
that. Inner City Press will
continue to cover this case,
as many others in the SDNY.
This one began this way:
Milo Yiannopoulos
is saying he'd like to see
Richard Spencer in jail but
doesn't like "the funders of
this lawsuit, the ADL."
Milo
Yiannopoulos: I just publish
stuff as I get it. Spencer
spent $10,000 to doctor a
video to make it appear I was
singing to white nationalists.
I'm happy to help them with
this lawsuit, I just don't
have anything. I'm happy to
comply with any court order.
Judge
Failla: I'll swear you in.
Milo Y: I'm a Christian.
Judge Failla: ...
so help you God. Milo Y: I do.
I was served at the Roger
Stone trial. Judge Failla: The
subpoena was from November
2019. And you met plaintiffs'
counsel in Dec?
Milo Y: That
sound right.
Judge Failla: You
published the Spencer video
within 48 hours of receipt?
Milo Y: Yes. And
I wrote about it. I heard from
a reporter at the Washington
Post that he had heard similar
things privately from Spencer
as well. So I asked about that
in my piece.
Milo Y: The
FBI called me on my cell phone
and asked to meet.
Judge Failla: Did
you meet?
Milo Y: Yes.
Judge Failla: Can
you talk about it?
Milo Y: I prefer
not to.
Judge Failla: Had
you made a representation to
movant's counsel that you had
no such materials?
Milo Y: Let me
look it up. Judge Failla: I
believe it was April 6 of this
year. Milo Y: That the video
dropped? Judge Failla: Yes.
Milo Y: I
met with them once in their
offices in the Empire State
Building. I think it's in my
online calendar. Give me a
moment. 11 am, Wednesday Dec
18. Judge Failla: That's what
my law clerk says.
And we're
back: Movant's counsel
Benjamin White says that Milo
Y recorded a video about the
subpoena, flashed at camera an
orange hard drive calling it
"the vault," saying it was at
his home in New York. It is
responsive to our subpoena.
Was he lying then or now?
White: Mr
Yiannopoulos says he was
"messing around." But it has
hurt our case, and wasted our
time. He has proposed today
one possible solution -
allowing an inspection of the
devices. Let's start with the
vault.
Judge
Failla: It may just be that he
was playing you. But it does
not mean that he has
responsive materials. What
evidence of it do you have,
that the representations he is
making to me today are false?
Answer: The
specificity of his
descriptions of what he had
Movants' lawyer:
We are asking your Honor to
test the accuracy of what Mr.
Yiannolpoulos is saying.
Appoint a master to look
through the materials. He's
offered his cell phone and his
email addresses. Let's search
them.
More here.
The case is
Sines, et al. v. Yiannopoulos,
20-mc-241 (Failla).
***
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