A Total Win for Rumble and Trump Media: Statement on U.S. Court’s Order on Moraes’s Directives

LONGBOAT KEY, Fla., Feb. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rumble (NASDAQ:RUM), the video-sharing platform and cloud providers supplier, as we speak celebrated a ruling from a U.S. federal court docket that censorship orders from Brazilian Supreme Court docket Justice Alexandre de Moraes haven’t any authorized power in america.

Rumble launched the next assertion:

“In the present day, the U.S. District Court docket for the Center District of Florida confirmed what we’ve got argued from the very starting: Justice Alexandre de Moraes’s censorship orders haven’t any authorized power in america. This ruling is an entire victory free of charge speech, digital sovereignty, and the correct of American corporations to function with out international judicial interference.

“The court docket explicitly dominated that Moraes’s directives had been by no means correctly served beneath U.S. or worldwide legislation, stating that they weren’t delivered by way of the Hague Conference, the U.S.-Brazil Mutual Authorized Help Treaty (MLAT), or another legitimate authorized mechanism. Because of this Rumble and Trump Media are beneath no obligation to adjust to these illegal censorship calls for, and no U.S. entity is required to implement them.

“The court docket additional made clear that if anybody makes an attempt to implement these unlawful orders on U.S. soil, it stands able to intervene to guard American corporations and free speech. The ruling sends a powerful message to international governments that they can’t bypass U.S. legislation to impose censorship on American platforms.

“This case was by no means nearly Rumble or Trump Media—it was about stopping international judges from making an attempt to silence speech in America. In the present day’s ruling confirms that Moraes’s authoritarian censorship marketing campaign has no place in america, and his overreach is not going to stand.

“Rumble and Trump Media will proceed to combat free of charge speech, and as we speak’s ruling is a serious victory in that battle.”

Media Contact
Tim Murtaugh
tim.murtaugh@rumble.com

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The next is attributable to Rumble’s U.S. counsel:

“The court docket’s determination as we speak denied the TRO for being pointless as a result of it decided that Moraes’s orders are invalid and unenforceable in america. Subsequently, there is no such thing as a must restrain invalid orders. After all, if Moraes takes any steps to attempt to implement his unlawful orders on U.S. soil, we are able to return to the choose to grant a TRO.”

Martin De Luca & Matthew Schwartz, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP

Media Contact:
Victoria Scordato
vscordato@bsfllp.com

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