Rumble Scores Discovery Win In Defamation Suit Against Founders Of Left-Wing Censorship Org

The Federalist ^ | 9/19/24 | Margot Cleveland

[CFW]

The online video platform and web-host company Rumble scored a victory on Friday when a federal judge held Rumble could proceed with discovery in its defamation lawsuit against Nandini Jammi and Claire Atkin, the co-founders of Check My Ads.

[snip]....meaning the country may soon learn much more about how the censorship-industrial complex functions — including Democrats and Media Matters’ alleged role.

In late November, Rumble filed a two-count complaint in a federal court in Florida against Jammi and Atkins and ten unnamed John Doe Defendants. According to the complaint, Jammi and Atkins are co-founders of Check My Ads, a 501(c) tax-exempt organization purportedly serving as “an independent watchdog reshaping the digital advertising industry.”

The complaint further alleged that “John Does 1–10 are Check My Ads, Media Matters, and/or Dewey Square Group employees,” with Media Matters being David Brock’s organization that targets conservative media outlets. The Dewey Square Group is a Democrat consulting group which, according to the complaint, provided an analysis of advertisements displayed on Rumble, allegedly paid for by Media Matters and then used in a 2022 article Check My Ads published.

[snip]

The defendants attempted to forestall any such discovery, but on Friday, the district court rejected their motion to stay discovery pending the court’s ruling on the defendants’ Motion to Dismiss the complaint. In doing so, the court noted that “[h]aving taken a ‘preliminary peek’ at the Motion to Dismiss, the Court does not find it to be clearly meritorious and case dispositive.”

In other words, the defendants’ efforts to have Rumble’s case against them summarily tossed out, which is set for argument on October 9, 2024, is unlikely to succeed. In the meantime, Rumble can start demanding documents from the defendants and issuing subpoenas to third parties. Things could get interesting real soon.

[CFW]

This case should be interesting to follow.

[Grampa Dave]

A win at this time for our side.