{"id":904701,"date":"2026-05-09T08:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/judge-orders-removal-of-doge-deposition-videos-from-youtube-after-viral-spread\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T08:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:16:18","slug":"judge-orders-removal-of-doge-deposition-videos-from-youtube-after-viral-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/judge-orders-removal-of-doge-deposition-videos-from-youtube-after-viral-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Orders Removal of DOGE Deposition Videos From YouTube After Viral Spread"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Manhattan judge ordered Friday that video depositions of two ex DOGE employees be removed from the Internet after the footage went viral, exposing the men to doxxing and widespread ridicule.<\/p>\n

Judge Colleen McMahon\u2019s decision followed a government emergency filing Friday, which claimed academic groups \u2014 including the Modern Language Association (MLA), American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and American Historical Association (AHA) \u2014 suing to restore grant cuts made under Elon Musk\u2019s DOGE had wrongly posted the deposition footage online.<\/p>\n

According to the New York Times<\/a>, the government cited the harassment (including death threats) of witness and former DOGE employee Justin Fox as a reason for the removal, prompting the judge to order the plaintiffs to \u201ctake any and all possible steps to claw back\u201d\u00a0the videos.<\/p>\n

While the aforementioned groups reportedly asked JudgeMcMahon to reconsider her decision, she responded, \u201cDENIED. See you Tuesday,\u201d referring to the upcoming hearing on the matter. The videos have since disappeared from YouTube.<\/p>\n

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Fox, along with fellow ex DOGE employee Nate Cavanaugh, found themselves targeted online after the groups posted nearly 25 hours of deposition footage from the case and the New York Times picked up on the testimonies. Before long, clips from the depositions began to spread on social media.<\/p>\n

Fox especially became the subject of extensive online harassment after a clip of him struggling to define DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) made the media rounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, my understanding was exactly what was written in the [Executive Order],\u201d Fox said at the time. \u201cAny time that we would look at a grant through the lens of complying with an executive order, we would just refer back to the EO and assess if this grant had relation to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was later asked to apply his understanding of DEI to certain projects that saw their funding impacted, including a documentary centering on female Holocaust survivors.<\/p>\n

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When you build a machine to target people based on gender, race, or any other identity, it ends up targeting Jews too.<\/p>\n

New deposition testimony shows a DOGE staffer flagged a Holocaust documentary for termination. The film told the story of Jewish women forced into slave labor\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Yf5kRZD1od<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2014 The Nexus Project (@NexusProjectUS) March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He responded:\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s the gender-based story; that\u2019s inherently discriminatory to focus on this specific group \u2026 It\u2019s focusing on DEI principles, gender being one of them\u2026 specifically focused on Jewish cultures and amplifying the marginalized voices of the females in that culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the depositions have been taken down from YouTube, many of the clips are still circulating on X. It\u2019s unclear if the social media site will be taking steps to also remove the content.<\/p>\n

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