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Reuters reports: A federal judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit by Devin Nunes, the former California congressman and now chief executive of Trump Media and Technology Group, against NBCUniversal over a comment by Rachel Maddow about his dealings with a suspected Russian agent. U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel in Manhattan ruled that no reasonable jury could find Maddow demonstrated actual malice …

CNBC reports: Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, Truth+, and the fintech platform Truth.Fi, said Monday its board has approved a stock buyback of up to $400 million. The Florida-based company, which trades under the ticker DJT on both Nasdaq and NYSE Texas, said the buyback could include both common stock and warrants, executed through …

Politico reports: Trump Media & Technology Group — the parent company of Truth Social, whose controlling shareholder is Trump himself — has entered into deals with about 50 large investors that will raise $2.5 billion for the company through both stock and debt, according to a statement Tuesday. The company plans to use the funds to create a “bitcoin Treasury,” …

The Hill reports: Trump Media and Technology Group, Truth Social’s parent company, announced Thursday that it has moved its incorporation to Florida, becoming the latest firm to leave the popular corporate home of Delaware. The move was approved by Trump Media’s shareholders at its annual meeting Wednesday, according to a press release. “We’re thrilled to reincorporate our Company in Florida,” …

Bloomberg News reports: Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. rewarded employees with more than $107 million in stock last year as revenue declined and it posted a $401 million loss, according to an annual report posted after markets closed Friday. Revenue slipped more than 12% to $3.6 million while its annual loss swelled more than six-fold. The results boosted the …

Law & Crime reports: A federal appeals court in Iowa handed Devin Nunes another loss in his defamation suit against journalist Ryan Lizza and Hearst Magazines over a 2018 Esquire article that said the Nunes family’s dairy farm knowingly employed undocumented immigrants after a lower court judge determined that the story was “substantially, objectively true.” A three-judge panel on the …

NBC News reports: President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named Devin Nunes, the CEO of Trump’s TruthSocial platform, as chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. “I am pleased to announce that I will appoint TruthSocial CEO Devin Nunes as Chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, which consists of distinguished citizens from outside of the Federal Government,” Trump announced on …

Courthouse News reports: Former California Representative Devin Nunes urged a federal appeals court panel Wednesday to revive defamation suits against political writer Ryan Lizza and Esquire magazine over a 2018 article he and his family argue falsely implied their Iowa dairy farm illegally employed undocumented immigrants — and that Nunes conspired to cover it up. Nunes and his family, owners …

Law & Crime reports: Trump Media & Technology Group CEO Devin Nunes, the Republican former U.S. representative for California, failed in his yearslong efforts to sue the Washington Post for defamation over a 2020 article that said he backed the Donald Trump-amplified notion that the Obama administration wiretapped Trump Tower, a now unsealed opinion shows. The opinion from U.S. District …

CNN Business reports: Trump Media, the parent company of the former president’s Truth Social, alerted Nasdaq Inc. on Thursday of what the company suspects is illegal activity driving down the price of its shares. In a letter to the exchange, Devin Nunes, the CEO of Trump Media (DJT), laid out what he believes could be deemed “naked” short selling. Naked …

“As you move forward here, we’re looking at the entire ecosystem. What does it take to make sure that we protect people in the United States and around the globe from these tyrants of big tech who want to silence them? So we’re looking at the whole ecosystem. “Whether that’s through acquiring technology, whether that’s through building technology, those are …

First, a reminder on what happened back in March: A Florida judge has tossed Devin Nunes’ lawsuit against CNN and one of its anchors, saying that the former congressman filed it in the wrong state. Nunes, who left Congress in 2022 to become the chief executive of former President Donald Trump’s media company, was suing CNN and Jake Tapper over …

The Deep Dive reports: Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) filed a lawsuit in a Florida civil court against The Washington Post, allegedly claiming the media outfit defamed the company in one of its articles. The firm is seeking $3.78 billion in damages. The news firm allegedly “published an egregious hit piece that falsely accused TMTG of securities fraud and …

First, an earlier report from Media Matters: Devin Nunes, a former Republican congressman and the CEO of former President Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social, appeared on a QAnon-supporting show to promote Trump’s platform and repeatedly lauded the show for “getting the truth out.” On April 14, Nunes appeared on QAnon show X22 Report, whose host is known only …

Courthouse News reports: A federal judge in Iowa threw out former California GOP Congressman Devin Nunes’ defamation suit against political reporter Ryan Lizza on Tuesday, the latest of multiple setbacks the four-year-old case has suffered. Nunes has pursued a legal vendetta against Lizza, currently Politico’s chief Washington correspondent, and his former employer Hearst Magazines since September 2019. The case stems …

Reuters reports: A U.S. judge on Monday said Devin Nunes, the former California congressman and an ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump, can sue NBCUniversal for defamation over a comment by Rachel Maddow concerning his relationship with a suspected Russian agent. Without ruling on the merits, U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel in Manhattan said Nunes “plausibly allege[d] actual malice” …

Newsweek reports: Former Republican Representative Devin Nunes, who is now CEO of the Trump Media & Technology Group, spoke to Newsmax on Friday about the attack on Pelosi’s home and condemned it, but Nunes also said he’d been a victim of “these raging lunatics.” “Where were the Democrats and Pelosi when people were outside my home with my young daughters …

“I think that’s another really important point that shouldn’t be lost on the American people today, and that is that they convened a grand jury against the former president of the United States. “And they went into the grand jury looking at the president for treason as if he really was holding these documents, these so-called classified documents. “We even …

Variety reports: Devin Nunes, the former congressman who is now CEO of Donald Trump’s social-media rival to Twitter, claimed that his new boss “encouraged” tech mogul Elon Musk to acquire Twitter, to “take on these tech tyrants.” Musk says that’s false. “I’ve had no communication, directly or indirectly, with Trump, who has publicly stated that he will be exclusively on …

The New York Post reports: Donald Trump quietly “encouraged” Elon Musk’s takeover of social media giant Twitter ahead of the $44 billion deal, according to the boss of his own social-media app Truth Social. “President Trump, basically before Elon Musk bought it, actually said to go and buy it because the goal of our company is really to build a …