U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla denied Storm’s motion to dismiss on First Amendment grounds

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Strom’s case was set for trial after U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla rejected his motion to dismiss the case in September. Although Storm argued that his development of Tornado Cash was protected as free speech, Failla found that using computer code to further alleged money laundering is not a First Amendment-protected activity.

In September, US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla denied his motion to dismiss, ruling that the use of computer code to facilitate money laundering is not protected under the First Amendment, despite Storm’s claims of free speech protections for his code.