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Via press release from Missouri AG Andrew Bailey:
Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit against Media Matters to force the nonprofit to turn over documents related to his investigation into its fraudulent business practices.
General Bailey launched his investigation in November 2023 after evidence came to light that Media Matters solicited donations from Missourians under false pretenses to target X, formerly known as Twitter, in direct violation of the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act.
“My office has reason to believe Media Matters used fraud to solicit donations from Missourians in order to bully advertisers into pulling out of X, the last social media platform dedicated to free speech in America, so we launched an investigation to get to the bottom of it,” said Attorney General Bailey.
“However, Media Matters has a sordid history of refusing to cooperate with investigations. I’m not going to let this activist group stonewall us. If there has been any attempt to defraud Missourians in order to trample on their free speech rights, I will root it out and hold bad actors accountable.
“Media Matters has pursued an activist agenda in its attempt to destroy X, because they cannot control it. And because they cannot control it, or the free speech platform it provides to Missourians to express their own viewpoints in the public square, the radical ‘progressives’ at Media Matters have resorted to fraud to, as Benjamin Franklin once said, mark X ‘for the odium of the public, as an enemy to the liberty of the press.’
“Missourians will not be manipulated by ‘progressive’ activists masquerading as news outlets, and they will not be defrauded in the process.”
Read the full press release. Bailey was appointed in 2023 by Gov. Mike Parsons after former AG Eric Schmitt was elected to the US Senate. He is running for a full term and so far faces only Trump attorney Will Scharf in the November election. Bailey has been endorsed by Charlie Kirk, Mark Levin, and slew of other MAGA weirdos.
Just what the people of Missouri want their AG’s office to spend their time and taxpayer money on – defending an oppressed billionaire. Missouri must not have any problems. pic.twitter.com/A3Urogt1ns
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 25, 2024
After losing a lawsuit where the judge ruled that Elon sought to "punish the speech" of critics, he is applauding a suit filed by the Missouri AG against Media Matters.
A government official targeting a private org is exactly what the 1st amendment is supposed to protect against pic.twitter.com/3oyZxvWkJX
— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) March 25, 2024
Media Matters has presented a new front in the war for free speech. pic.twitter.com/FY0OCdWjGe
— Attorney General Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) March 25, 2024