Donald Trump has withdrawn his appeal in a lawsuit against Twitter (now X) over the suspension of his account following the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. A joint court filing, first reported by Bloomberg, shows that lawyers for both Trump and X requested the case be dismissed, effectively ending th
Trump originally sued Twitter, claiming the ban violated his First Amendment rights after the platform suspended him over concerns of further incitement to violence. A judge dismissed the lawsuit in 2022, but Trump later appealed the decision.
The case's dismissal comes after Meta recently settled a similar lawsuit with Trump over his 2021 Facebook suspension, agreeing to pay $25 million. Meanwhile, Twitter has since been rebranded as X under Elon Musk, who has restored Trump's account and become a key political ally in his second term. No further details about the decision to drop the appeal were provided in the filing.
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