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Published: July 12, 2021

Twitter’s strategic move against lawsuit by Project Veritas founder flops

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July 12, 2021 (WND News Center) – Social media company Twitter has failed in its attempt to get a lawsuit by Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe ensconced in federal court in New York, from which it easily could be moved to a like federal court in its backyard in California.

O’Keefe sued the massive corporation a few months ago after his personal account, which was followed by just under a million people, was canceled over alleged “fake” profiles.

But a federal judge ordered that the case be returned to New York state courts, which do not, according to O’Keefe, have the same propensity for dismissing such cases as those courts in tech-reliant California.

The key factor, argued by the Twitter lawyer, was that rules required that such cases be in federal courts if the plaintiff is seeking more than $75,000 in damages.

O’Keefe’s lawyer stunned Twitter’s legal counsel, however, with the statement that the monetary damages were not significant.

“For me, and Project Veritas, this case is about

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