Trump Says Recent 5th Circuit Ruling Supports Coercion Argument In Twitter Suit

Mealey's (September 21, 2023, 1:33 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — In a citation of supplemental authority in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Donald J. Trump argues that the Fifth Circuit’s recent upholding of some injunctive relief against the government in Missouri, et al. v. Joseph R. Biden Jr., et al., No. 23-30445, 5th Cir., supports his position that “the government coerced and encouraged social media platforms to suppress” the protected speech of himself and other conservative parties, including Twitter Inc.’s suspension of their accounts, which are at issue in upcoming oral argument in the present case....