Twitter is suing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), trying to prevent his office from allegedly retaliating against the company for its decision to fire former President Trump
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Politico filed the lawsuit in Northern California for the first time Monday. The case accuses Paxton of using the powers of his elected office to retaliate against the company over what was a protected decision under the First Amendment.
The Hill took to Twitter and the Texas Attorney General for comment.
“Paxton has made it clear that he will use the full weight of his office, including his extensive investigative powers, to retaliate against Twitter for making editorial decisions with which he disagrees,” Twitter lawyers told court documents, according to Politico.
“Twitter seeks to prevent AG Paxton from unlawfully abusing his authority as the highest law enforcement officer of the state of Texas to intimidate, harass and target Twitter in retaliation for Twitter’s exercise of its first amendment rights,” they continued, according to Politico. .
The case depends on Paxton’s vow to investigate Twitter over his decision to ban Trump from the platform following the deadly violation of the U.S. Capitol in January. Paxton sent a civil investigation request to the company in mid-January to ask for information about the ban, the Texas Tribune reported.
Twitter permanently suspended Trump’s account on January 8, two days after the riot, and at the time explained that two of the president’s tweets sent after the riot could be condemned as violence.
“Due to the continuing tensions in the United States and a stir in the global conversation regarding the people who stormed the Capitol by force on January 6, 2021, these two tweets should be read in the context of broader events in the United States. country and the ways in which the president’s statements can be mobilized by different audiences, including inciting violence, as well as in the context of the behavioral pattern of this report over the past few weeks, “the company said at the time.