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Judge Halts Missouri AG’s Elon Musk-Triggered Investigation Of Media Matters

A federal judge has halted the Missouri attorney general ‘s investigation of the progressive watchdog group Media Matters for America over its report last year that major sponsors’ advertisements were appearing next to extremist content on Elon Musk ‘s X.com. “‘But it falls on the judiciary to ensure that the First Amendment is not reduced to a parchment promise.’ And ‘the most heinous act in which a democratic government can engage is to use its law enforcement machinery for political ends.’ That apparently is what has occurred here.” A reasonable factfinder is likely to interpret Defendants’ words as targeting Media Matters not for legitimate law enforcement purposes but instead for its protected First Amendment activities.”

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