Trump Media, Rumble sue Brazilian supreme court justice (updated)

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19/02/2025 12:52

(Updates with court documents; no immediate comment from court
or judge)
       WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald
Trump's Trump Media & Technology Group  DJT.O  and video-sharing
platform Rumble  RUM.O  sued a Brazilian Supreme Court justice
over accusations of illegal censorship on Wednesday.
    The case comes as the judge, Alexandre de Moraes, weighs
charges brought on Tuesday alleging former Brazil President Jair
Bolsonaro led a plot to overthrow the country's government and
undermine the country’s 40-year-old democracy after his 2022
election loss.
    Trump Media's lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in
Tampa, alleged that the judge's previous orders "censor
legitimate political discourse in the United States."
    Brazil's Supreme Court and Moraes' office did not
immediately respond to requests for comment. In recent years,
Moraes has issued many rulings blocking social media accounts.
    The Republican U.S. president is a majority owner of Trump
Media, which runs his private social media platform Truth
Social, although the Trump Organization has said he would hand
over daily management of his various businesses to his children
while serving in the White House.
    Trump's vice president, former venture capitalist and former
U.S. Senator JD Vance, had previously invested in Florida-based
Rumble in 2021, the same year Trump joined the platform.

 (Reporting by Susan Heavey and Gabriel Araujo
Editing by Bernadette Baum, Alexandra Hudson)
 ((sheavey@thomsonreuters.com; +1-202-898-8300;))