reported that The Gateway Pundit, a right-wing website, published an article on Friday acknowledging that an investigation had cleared two Georgia election workers of wrongdoing in relation to the 2020 election. The article was in response to a defamation lawsuit filed by the workers against the website.
The lawsuit was filed by two election workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, who had been the target of false claims made by The Gateway Pundit and others that they had participated in election fraud in Georgia. The lawsuit alleged that the false claims had caused them emotional distress and harm to their reputations.
The investigation referenced in The Gateway Pundit’s article was conducted by the Georgia Secretary of State’s office and found no evidence of wrongdoing by Freeman and Moss. The article on The Gateway Pundit website stated that the investigation had cleared the workers and that the website regretted any harm caused to them.
The acknowledgment by The Gateway Pundit comes after months of promoting baseless claims of election fraud in Georgia and other swing states. The website had been a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the election was stolen from him.
The lawsuit against The Gateway Pundit is still ongoing, with Freeman and Moss seeking damages for the harm caused by the false claims. The acknowledgment by the website of the investigation’s findings may have an impact on the outcome of the lawsuit.
Overall, the acknowledgment by The Gateway Pundit of the investigation’s findings is a rare admission of error by a right-wing website that has been a prominent promoter of false claims about the 2020 election. It underscores the importance of verifying information before promoting it, especially in a highly charged political environment.
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