Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against Newsmax over 2020 election will head to trial

The Statement of Facts filed by the FBI in the case claims that Nathan A. Thornsberry published January 6 Redux: A Patriot’s Story under the poorly-disguised pen name “Nathaniel Matthews.” The FBI identified “Matthews” as Thornsberry because the Facebook profile promoting the book was named “Nathan Thornsberry (Nathaniel Matthews)” and subpoenas filed with both Facebook and Amazon returned information that tied the penname to Thornsberry. The book was deleted off of Amazon over the weekend, but the page for an earlier version, called January 6: A Patriot’s Story, is still up.

Good to check in on the Jan 6 brain trust.