Tag: Jim Hoft

Exclusive: Hearing scheduled in Gateway Pundit defamation case

A hearing that could either strengthen or upend the defamation case by two Georgia poll workers against The Gateway Pundit, the far-right website operated by St. Louisan Jim Hoft, is scheduled for July 13 in St. Louis Circuit Court.   St. Louis Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer is set to hear the plaintiffs’ request to dismiss a

Long-stalled defamation cases against Gateway Pundit could move ahead

Two major defamation cases against Jim Hoft, the St. Louisan who publishes The Gateway Pundit, an influential far-right website, appear  poised to gain momentum in the weeks ahead after months of delays.  The cases, in Denver and St. Louis, are taking place against a backdrop of huge victories recently by the plaintiffs in two other