Far-right site Gateway Pundit to answer claims of ‘bankruptcy abuse’ in hearing

Creditors suing news site ask judge to throw out bankruptcy filing after founder Jim Hoft said it was a protection' tactic

The far-right news outlet Gateway Pundit is set to defend itself on Thursday against arguments that it is abusing the bankruptcy process amid significant new questions about the company's finances.

A bankruptcy judge in Florida is set to consider a request from creditors - three people suing the outlet for defamation - to dismiss the bankruptcy case the company filed on 24 April. Jim Hoft, the founder of the site has implied he filed bankruptcy as a litigation tactic to delay a defamation case against his company by Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman, two Georgia poll workers who the company allegedly spread false information about after the 2020 presidential election. The company denies publishing liberlous claims about Moss and Freeman.