Trump Denied Bid To Stay Preliminary Injunction Of WeChat App Ban

Mealey's (October 27, 2020, 8:42 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — One month after a California federal magistrate judge preliminarily enjoined President Donald J. Trump’s nationwide ban of the WeChat social media app over national security concerns, the magistrate on Oct. 23 denied a motion by the president and secretary of Commerce to stay the injunction, finding that the ban was not narrowly tailored to protect the stated national security interests (U.S. WeChat Users Alliance, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., No. 20-5910, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 197776)....