Laura Loomer Loses Again; Appeals Court Affirms $124,000 Legal Fee Judgment in Bogus Lawsuit Over Twitter Ban
Laura Loomer, an alt-right personality mostly known for ineffectively handcuffing herself to the door of Twitter headquarters and her inability to perform routine maintenance on her vehicle, loves to perform for her fan base. That she has done nothing but string together successive courtroom losses doesn’t seem to have put a dent in her reputation (maybe her reputation is unassailable in the way some people are defamation-proof?) but it is going to put a dent in her bank account.
Last August, the federal court handling her libel/tortious interference against CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) not only tossed her case, but found her liable for $124,000 in legal fees. Among the several procedural and argumentative errors made by Loomer, this one hurt the most: CAIR approached with a settlement offer that Loomer rejected. Loomer claimed she not only wanted damages but injunctive release. The problem was her allegations only included past harms and never suggested she’d be facing further harm in the future in the absence of an injunction.