Trump media group targets Brazilian justice after Bolsonaro indictment

Published February 19, 2025 6:00pm ET



President Donald Trump‘s media company filed a lawsuit against a Brazilian Supreme Court justice hours after former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a major Trump ally, was indicted.

The Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns Truth Social and Rumble, said Justice Alexandre de Moraes violated the free speech rights of conservative commentators on Rumble when he ordered their ban, according to a lawsuit filed in a U.S. federal court in Tampa, Florida. The plaintiffs argued that the accounts were lawful under U.S. law.

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