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Judge halts Texas probe into Media Matters' reporting on X
Texas attorney general remained silent on claims of First Amendment retaliation.
But perhaps most invasive, Paxton wanted to see all the communications about Media Matters' X reporting that triggered the lawsuits, which, as US District Judge Amit Mehta wrote in an opinion published Friday, was a compelled disclosure that "poses a serious threat to the vitality of the newsgathering process." "Only injunctive relief will 'prevent the [ongoing] deprivation of free speech rights,'" Mehta's opinion said, deeming MMFA's reporting as "core First Amendment activities." Media Matters' lawyer, Aria C. Branch, a partner at Elias Law Group, told Ars that “while Attorney General Paxton’s office has not yet responded to Friday’s ruling, the preliminary injunction should certainly put an end to these kind of lawless, politically motivated attempts to muzzle the press.”
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