Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz reportedly got some tough words from a judge who nonetheless allowed their lawsuit to move forward.
Greene and Gaetz, who have aligned on various far-right projects in recent months, filed a lawsuit against California cities that canceled their events. That suit was not dismissed on Friday.
But the "judge blasted the GOP lawmakers for 'pure conjecture' and 'conspiracy theory' against civic groups," according to Kyle Cheney, senior legal affairs reporter for POLITICO.
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"A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene to sue two California cities that canceled their political events in 2021," the outlet reported.
It continued.
"But the judge excoriated the two pro-Trump firebrands for attempting to blame the cancellation on a slew of liberal advocacy groups — from the NAACP to the League of Women Voters to LULAC, who the pair accused of conspiring with Anaheim and Riverside, Calif., to shut down their planned rallies."
According to the report, the "lawsuit by the two GOP lawmakers is 'utterly devoid of any specifics plausibly alleging such an agreement,' wrote U.S. District Judge Hernan Vera in a 22-page opinion, calling it 'both legally and literally, a conspiracy theory that relies purely on conjecture.'"
The report adds:
"In fact, he said, Gaetz and Greene had attempted with their lawsuit what they accused the groups of doing to them: seeking to punish political rivals for speaking out against them."
The report also flagged another notable detail: the two are being represented by an attorney who has been criminally charged alongside the former president in January.
"Notably, their attorneys in the suit include John Eastman, an architect of Donald Trump’s bid to remain in power despite losing the 2020 election and who is facing a potential disbarment ruling as soon as next week."
