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iemanja

(55,772 posts)
Wed Feb 19, 2025, 10:58 AM Feb 19

Trump Media Group Sues Brazilian Judge Weighing Arrest of Jair Bolsonaro

Source: New York Times

Subtitle: The lawsuit came hours after the justice received an indictment of Brazil’s former president, who is an ally of President Trump.

President Trump’s media company sued a Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday, accusing him of illegally censoring right-wing voices on social media.

The unusual move was made all the more extraordinary by its timing: Just hours earlier, the Brazilian justice had received an indictment that would force him to decide whether to order the arrest of Jair Bolsonaro, the former Brazilian president and an ally of Mr. Trump. The justice is overseeing multiple criminal investigations into Mr. Bolsonaro.

The Trump Media & Technology Group — which is majority owned by Mr. Trump and runs his Truth Social site — sued the Brazilian justice, Alexandre de Moraes, in U.S. federal court in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday morning. Joining as a plaintiff was Rumble, a Florida-based video platform that, like Truth Social, pitches itself as a home for free speech.

The lawsuit appeared to represent an astonishing effort by Mr. Trump to pressure a foreign judge as he weighed the fate of a fellow right-wing leader who, like him, was indicted on charges that he tried to overturn his election loss.O

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/americas/trump-brazil-bolsonaro-judge.html



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Trump Media Group Sues Brazilian Judge Weighing Arrest of Jair Bolsonaro (Original Post) iemanja Feb 19 OP
Now THAT's litigious. Kid Berwyn Feb 19 #1
There they go again... karin_sj Feb 19 #2
Well , THAT oughta show them dweller Feb 19 #3
Just in!!! liberalgunwilltravel Feb 19 #4
As the song goes, "Crrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry baby!" ificandream Feb 19 #5

karin_sj

(1,192 posts)
2. There they go again...
Wed Feb 19, 2025, 11:19 AM
Feb 19

Interfering with other countries elections. I'm so sick of these fascists and wannabe fascists directly interfering with elections all over the world so that we can all live under authoritarian rule. Well, they succeeded beyond their wildest dreams in the U.S. and elsewhere, so why not try everywhere?

4. Just in!!!
Wed Feb 19, 2025, 11:55 AM
Feb 19
Trump sues God for giving him such a tiny penis. Further, he's threatened holy hell on God if he doesn't remedy the situation.
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