The New York Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of Project Veritas, allowing the organization to depose The New York Times.
The story: The Times filed a motion to dismiss in response to the defamation lawsuit that Project Veritas filed against the paper last year. Supreme Court Justice Charles Wood denied the Times’ request, a decision that the publication appealed. The Times asked the state Supreme Court to issue a stay to prevent Project Veritas from deposing it until a court makes a decision on the appeal.
The New York Supreme Court rejected the Times’ request for a stay.
“Here, having failed to convince the Court that [Project Veritas’] case should be dismissed, [The New York Times] also failed to demonstrate the extraordinary justification required for the imposition of the drastic remedy of a stay pending appeal,” the court said in their opinion.
The New York Supreme Court’s opinion was shared on Instagram by Project Veritas.
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What they’re saying: Project Veritas Media Relations Manager Mario Balaban told the Daily Caller that the first New York Times deposition could come “any day.”
“We already have New York Times deposition tapes in our possession,” he claimed.
“This is a victory for justice,” Balaban added. “Project Veritas does not fear depositions. In fact, we actually look forward to them, because we have nothing to hide.”
How we got here: Project Veritas sued the Times on Oct. 30, 2020, over two reports by Maggie Astor and Tiffany Hsu, about a Project Veritas video that accused Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) of being involved in a voter fraud effort.
The reports said that Project Veritas’ story was a “concerted disinformation campaign,” that the video was “deceptive” and that it was created using “unidentified sources and with no verifiable evidence.”
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