Matt Taibbi Loses Suit in Southern District of New York — Is Reddit Down

Matt Taibbi's defamation lawsuit was thrown out on Tuesday, and the fight over his claims against the author and Hachette ended in federal court in the Southern District of New York. For readers searching is reddit down, the only thing that changed here is the lawsuit itself: Taibbi no longer has that complaint moving forward.

Taibbi filed the complaint last November. He later amended it with his lawyer, Robert Garson, and the amended filing targeted some out-of-context language.

Southern District Of New York

The case landed in federal court rather than state court, a choice that the article links to New York's anti-SLAPP law and to the broader category of strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPP, suits. That framing put the dispute in the same lane as other lawsuits aimed at criticism instead of ordinary damages claims.

The article also places Taibbi inside the political-media world around the Twitter Files, saying he has become Elon Musk's mouthpiece for spreading those documents. Musk took over the social media company in 2022, and Taibbi's name has stayed tied to that dispute ever since.

Robert Garson And The Filing

Garson also represented Trump in a separate frivolous lawsuit that a judge dismissed in July 2025. That detail does not change Tuesday's ruling, but it shows the lawyer appearing in another case that ended badly for his side.

Taibbi's loss leaves the complaint dismissed and the legal burden shifted back onto him if he wants to keep pressing the fight in another form.