The Gateway Pundit, an influential website that regularly spreads falsehoods and conspiracy theories, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The website is facing 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, faces 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.
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