On July 18, a San Diego Superior Court judge ruled against an attorney for an Antifa leader who had filed moving papers trying to get one journalist banned from covering his criminal case.

John Hamasaki, the defense attorney for alleged Antifa riot “leader” Brian Cortez Lightfoot Jr., filed motions against Eva Knott, a San Diego journalist, trying to prevent Knott from reporting court hearings and revealing evidence against Lightfoot.

On Feb 22, 2023, the Post Millennial published a story about Lightfoot that included photos of the defendant and his attorney Hamasaki, and two days later on Feb 24, Hamasaki filed his documents seeking to bar Eva Knott, and the publications San Diego READER and Post Millennial, from the courtroom.