(RNS) — A federal judge ordered far-right influencer Laura Loomer to resume her monthly $1,200 payments to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which Loomer was originally ordered to pay in a settlement reached after her failed lawsuit against the Muslim advocacy group.

After multiple appeals, the ruling affirms Loomer’s requirement to pay CAIR and its Florida chapter the remaining balance of a nearly $125,000 settlement from a lawsuit the influencer brought against the organization in August 2019, alleging that CAIR Florida had conspired with the social media company then known as Twitter to ban her from that platform.

Loomer had stopped the payments in December 2025 after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order designating CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood, an Egypt-based Islamist organization, as foreign terrorist organizations. The governor had written that providing contract, employment or funds to these organizations would be considered “material support.”

On Thursday (Jan. 29), the court denied Loomer’s request to cease payments based on DeSantis’ executive order. Judge Bruce E. Reinhart of the Southern District of Florida, who affirmed previous court rulings on Thursday, said Loomer didn’t prove the order would be enforced nor that she would suffer “irreparable injury” if she resumed her payments.

“Plaintiff is required to make approximately three more settlement payments,” wrote Reinhart.”It is not in the public interest to continue expending judicial resources on this case.”

CAIR hailed the ruling, saying in a statement that the group used the settlement money for its legal actions. “We look forward to receiving Ms. Loomer’s final payments and using the funds to once again protect American Muslims and our neighbors from hate,” wrote CAIR litigation director Lena Masri.

Loomered, a media platform founded by the influencer, didn’t immediately respond to Religion News Service’s request for comment.

A self-described investigative journalist, Loomer boasts 1.8 million followers on X and is known for posting offensive statements targeting Muslim Americans, Black Americans and immigrant communities on her platforms.

During the 2024 presidential election, for instance, Loomer tweeted, “the White House will smell like curry & White House speeches will be facilitated via a call center” if then-Vice President Kamala Harris won the election. In 2022, she labeled herself a “white advocate” while addressing attendees at the American Renaissance conference.

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The ruling is the latest development in the suit filed by the unofficial adviser to President Donald Trump after Twitter shut down her account in November 2018 for a tweet violating its rules against hateful conduct. In her suit, she argued that members of CAIR, its Florida chapter and Twitter had a special relationship and that CAIR played a “role in deciding what ideas and voices Twitter will silence.”

Twitter maintained that her account was canceled for a tweet accusing U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota of being “anti-Jewish” and claiming that her faith oppressed gays, abused women and forced them to wear hijabs, the head covering worn by some Muslim women. Omar, the first Somali American to serve in Congress, is Muslim.

At the time, Loomer had asked Trump to help her reverse Twitter’s ban. “If you want to win in 2020 you have to ensure your supporters have a voice on social media,” she wrote to the president on Gab, a far-right social platform. (Loomer’s X account was later reinstated after Elon Musk bought the platform in October 2022.)

The lawsuit was dismissed in November 2019 by another U.S. district judge in Florida, a decision upheld in December 2020 in another proceeding, noting that Twitter couldn’t be liable for banning Loomer’s account and that CAIR didn’t interfere in Loomer and Twitter’s “business relationship” because it found no evidence that the two shared one. 

In a settlement that followed, Loomer and her company, Illoominate Media Inc., were ordered to pay $123,761.65 to CAIR and its Florida chapter and $661.72 in court-related costs. 

The settlement was affirmed in February and September 2022. In 2023, the amount was reduced to $73,500, considering the personal debt the influencer was carrying. She was to make a $12,000 initial payment and pay the remaining amount in $1,200 installments. According to Thursday’s ruling, Loomer still owes CAIR approximately $3,900.

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