A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s investigation of a liberal advocacy group known for its campaigns against Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News and Elon Musk’s X.

Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan cited evidence that the investigation, which was opened by the Federal Trade Commission last spring , was an act of retaliation against the advocacy group, Media Matters for America.

The judge granted a preliminary injunction because, she wrote, “Media Matters is likely to succeed in its First Amendment retaliation claim, which is all it needs at this stage.”

Media Matters has been a thorn in the side of Musk and his X social network for years. The group has published numerous reports about the prevalence of violent and hateful posts on X, leading Musk to call them an “evil propaganda

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