Gateway Pundit files for bankruptcy after election conspiracy defamation lawsuits [View all]

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Source: NPR

April 24, 2024 7:04 PM ET


The Gateway Pundit, an influential website that regularly peddles falsehoods and conspiracy theories, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it faces multiple defamation suits.

In a statement on The Gateway Pundit website, Jim Hoft, the outlet's owner, blamed the "progressive liberal lawfare attacks against our media outlet" and admitted no wrongdoing. The company did not respond to emails from NPR seeking more information.

The website, founded by brothers Jim and Joe Hoft, is facing a lawsuit from Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea "Shaye" Moss over false claims about election fraud in the 2020 U.S. presidential election that resulted in their harassment. Protect Democracy, the nonprofit representing Freeman and Moss, declined to comment on the bankruptcy announcement. The Gateway Pundit also settled a lawsuit from a former official at voting technology company Dominion Voting Systems, which was targeted by election fraud conspiracy theories in 2020.

In the statement, Hoft said the bankruptcy is a way to consolidate lawsuits against the outlet. But Chapter 11 bankruptcies are meant to help small businesses restructure, said Mark Bankston, an attorney at law firm Farrar & Ball who represented parents of slain Sandy Hook school students in a defamation suit against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his outlet Infowars.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2024/04/24/1246998565/gateway-pundit-bankruptcy-defamation

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Well now THIS was kept hush hush.

Gateway Pundit bankruptcy petition (PDF reader) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24604818-gateway-pundit-bankruptcy

Gateway Pundit bankruptcy petition (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24604818/gateway-pundit-bankruptcy.pdf

Gateway Pundit creditors (PDF reader) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24604819-gateway-pundit-creditors

Gateway Pundit creditors (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24604819/gateway-pundit-creditors.pdf

( ificandream)