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UPDATE: Dakota Access Pipeline Makes Further Legal Moves Against Unicorn Riot

Energy Transfer Partners/DAPL is continuing their quest to get the Minnesota District Courts to order Unicorn Riot (UR) to give up newsgathering materials from our coverage of the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline.

After a year of silence from the corporation, Energy Transfer filed a Motion to Compel UR and Niko Georgiades (UR journalist) to 'Comply with Subpoenas Duces Tecum' on June 24, 2022. On September 7, UR's counsel filed a Memorandum in Opposition to Compel Compliance and asked the court to quash the subpoenas against Unicorn Riot (and Georgiades). Energy Transfer filed another brief on September 14 arguing to enforce the subpoena.

A court hearing was held on September 21, 2022, in which Energy Transfer/DAPL were given time to "move the Court" for an order to compel UR to give DAPL our documents. We expect to hear the judge's ruling sometime in the next month.

Thanks to your support, UR has been able to retain legal counsel to help us protect the integrity of our reporting. If you want to contribute to the ongoing costs of our legal needs, consider supporting us with a one-time donation or as a monthly recurring supporter. Thanks!

Background: Unicorn Riot and journalist member Niko Georgiades were served subpoenas in March 2021 as part of Energy Transfer/DAPL's lawsuit (filed in North Dakota state court) against Greenpeace and Indigenous water protectors, claiming they protested the pipeline for financial gain and not due to the potential environmental damage/harm to treaty rights. (Click on our legal defense fund for more information, and check out these two articles: Pipeline Company Issues Broad Subpoena to News Site that Covered Protests Against It and CPJ calls on Energy Transfer to drop subpoenas to Unicorn Riot, journalist Niko Georgiades.)