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Judge rejects Trump lawsuit challenging ban from Twitter

FILE - The suspended Twitter account of President Donald Trump is seen on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, after the social media company permanently suspended Trump from its platform, citing "risk of further incitement of violence." A San Francisco judge has rejected former President Donald Trump's lawsuit challenging his lifetime ban from Twitter. U.S. District Judge James Donato said in a ruling Friday, May 6, 2022, that Trump's failed to show Twitter abridged his First Amendment right to free speech. (AP Photo/Tali Arbel, File) FILE - The suspended Twitter account of President Donald Trump is seen on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, after the social media company permanently suspended Trump from its platform, citing "risk of further incitement of violence." A San Francisco judge has rejected former President Donald Trump's lawsuit challenging his lifetime ban from Twitter. U.S. District Judge James Donato said in a ruling Friday, May 6, 2022, that Trump's failed to show Twitter abridged his First Amendment right to free speech. (AP Photo/Tali Arbel, File) FILE - President Donald Trump looks at his phone during a roundtable with governors on the reopening of America's small businesses, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, June 18, 2020. A San Francisco judge has rejected Trump's lawsuit challenging his lifetime ban from Twitter. U.S. District Judge James Donato said in a ruling Friday, May 6, 2022, that Trump's failed to show Twitter abridged his First Amendment right to free speech. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Judge rejects Trump lawsuit challenging ban from Twitter