As 2020 election lawsuits grow, Gateway Pundit files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

CONTROVERSIAL, FAR-RIGHT WEBSITE GATEWAY PUNDIT FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY THIS WEEK IN THE FACE OF A STORM OF LAWSUITS.

THE LAWSUITS, WHICH INCLUDE DEFAMATION CLAIMS, ARE FROM PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY WERE HARASSED BECAUSE OF THE SITE’S FALSE 2020 ELECTION-RELATED STORIES.

THE OUTLET, KNOWN FOR SPREADING FALSEHOODS AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES, BLAMES WHAT IT CALLS “PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL LAWFARE ATTACKS” FOR ITS FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. 

ONE OF THE LAWSUITS IS FROM GEORGIA A PAIR OF ELECTION WORKERS — RUBY FREEMAN AND WANDREA “SHAYE MOSS. 

THE OUTLET ACCUSED THEM OF PARTICIPATING IN ELECTION FRAUD IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WITHOUT EVIDENCE.

MOSS AND FREEMAN SAY THEY’VE FACED THREATS AND HARASSMENT AS A RESULT OF THE FALSEHOODS. THE PAIR WERE AWARDED 148 MILLION DOLLARS IN A SUIT AGAINST RUDY GUILIANI.

GATEWAY PUNDIT ALSO FACES A LAWSUIT IN COLORADO.

IT INVOLVES ERIC COOMER, A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS.

HE ALLEGES THE WEBSITE FALSELY ACCUSED HIM OF BEING INVOLVED IN A CONSPIRACY TO RIG THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AGAINST TRUMP.

COOMER IS SEEKING DAMAGES FOR THE HARM CAUSED TO HIS REPUTATION AND PERSONAL LIFE AS A RESULT OF THE STORY.

CO-FOUNDER JIM HOFT SAID THE BANKRUPTCY FILING IS TO CONSOLIDATE LEGAL FILINGS BUT DENIES ANY WRONGDOING.

THE BANKRUPTCY COULD PAUSE LAWSUITS AGAINST THE GATEWAY PUNDIT BUT DOESN’T GUARANTEE PROTECTION AGAINST LEGAL JUDGEMENTS. 

CASES AGAINST RUDY GUILIANI AND CONSPIRACY-THEORIST ALEX JONES HAVE ENDED IN BANKRUPTCY DESPITE THEIR ATTEMPTS TO AVOID DEFAMATION DAMAGES. 

THE GATEWAY PUNDIT WIELDS INFLUENCE WITHIN THE FAR-RIGHT MEDIA LANDSCAPE.

THE WEBSITE IS KNOWN TO SPREAD BASELESS CLAIMS OF WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

AND HAS PROMOTED CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.

DESPITE ITS SMALL STAFF AND SIMPLE WEBSITE DESIGN– THE GATEWAY PUNDIT CONSISTENTLY RANKS AMONG THE TOP CONSERVATIVE WEBSITES FOR READERS.