The Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) and Rumble are celebrating a “complete victory for free speech” after a Florida judge declared they do not have to comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice’s attempt to censor political rhetoric.
TMTG, the parent company of Truth Social and Rumble, a video-sharing platform dedicated to free speech, was seeking a temporary restraining order against Justice Alexandre de Moraes for attempting to “illegally censor American companies operating primarily on American soil.”
TMTG and Rumble accused Moraes of issuing a “blatantly unlawful gag order” on political discourse “outside the scope of Justice Moraes’s authority” under Brazilian law because it impacts American companies.
U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven ruled that TMTG and Rumble don’t need to bother with a temporary restraining order because they don’t have to comply with Moraes.
Rumble’s U.S. counsel, Martin De Luca and Matthew Schwartz, issues the following statement to Fox News Digital: “The court’s decision today denied the TRO for being unnecessary because it determined that Moraes’s orders are invalid and unenforceable in the United States. Therefore, there is no need to restrain invalid orders. Of course, if Moraes takes any steps to try to enforce his illegal orders on U.S. soil, we can return to the judge to grant a TRO.”
Brian Flood is a media editor/reporter for FOX News Digital. Story tips can be sent to brian.flood@fox.com and on Twitter: @briansflood.
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