Judge Tosses Gateway Pundit’s Bankruptcy Attempt

CNN reports:

A federal judge threw out a bankruptcy case filed by The Gateway Pundit, finding that the far-right conspiracy site was seeking bankruptcy protections in “bad faith” to avoid costly defamation lawsuits stemming from its publication of 2020 election lies.

The ruling Wednesday from US bankruptcy judge Mindy Mora means the defamation cases will move forward. Two Georgia election workers and a former Dominion Voting Systems executive sued the outlet over its false claims that they rigged the 2020 results.

The Gateway Pundit denies wrongdoing and said those cases forced them into bankruptcy, but the judge concluded it was trying to exploit the bankruptcy system in “bad faith.” The Gateway Pundit’s “only employee” is Hoft, though his husband and brother are both paid for contract work and marketing services, according to the ruling.

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Judge rules that Gateway Pundit, the far-right conspiracy site, can’t get bankruptcy protections and was trying to exploit the system in “bad faith” to avoid 2020 election defamation cases. The owner didn’t even offer to sell his Porsche or FL beach condo. https://t.co/fZoNrK488c

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