When Elon Musk sued Media Matters in 2023, the law firm of Democratic super-lawyer Marc Elias swooped in to represent the liberal media group. It made little headway against the lawsuit before submitting millions of dollars in legal bills, prompting Media Matters officials to lash out at the firm as they faced financial ruin, according to a new report.
According to the New York Times, Elias Law Group originally represented Media Matters against Musk’s lawsuit, which accused the group of manipulating X posts to falsely link the social media platform to white nationalists and anti-Semites, part of what Musk alleged was “a ploy to drive advertisers from the platform and destroy X Corp.”
The litigation and other legal fights with the attorneys general of several red states have left Media Matters with $15 million in legal costs, forcing the Democratic media juggernaut to consider laying off staff, filing bankruptcy, or shutting down altogether, the Times reported.
Media Matters officials, frustrated at Elias Law’s hefty legal bills, began shifting legal work for the case to other law firms, according to the Times. That prompted a blunt missive from Elias Law partner Ezra Reese in early February demanding payment of $4 million in unpaid legal fees. “We understand this case has been and remains very difficult for everyone involved, as was Musk’s intention when he brought it,” Reese wrote to Media Matters president Angelo Carusone and its chief fundraiser, Mary Pat Bonner.
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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