The lawsuit also says Media Matters is outside Paxton’s jurisdiction. It is based in Washington, and does not transact business in Texas

LOS ANGELES – The battle over a progressive media watchdog organization’s coverage of billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter) sharpened as Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that he ordered his office to investigate Media Matters for America over “allegedly fraudulent solicitation of donations.”

According to a press release: “We have reason to believe Media Matters used fraud to solicit donations from Missourians in order to trick advertisers into pulling out of X, the last platform dedicated to free speech in America. Radicals are attempting to kill Twitter because they cannot control it, and we are not going to let Missourians get ripped off in the process,” said Bailey. “I’m fighting to ensure progressive tyrants masquerading as news outlets cannot manipulate the marketplace in order to wipe out free speech.”