The Trial Archive

The Trial · Complete Archive

Every page on the case Wilson brought, in order

From the weeks before the August 3, 2026 trial to the unanimous jury verdict on August 13, 2026 and what followed.

Before the trial

June 14 – August 2, 2026

A week-by-week record of how Liane Wilson — “Liana Shanti” — spent the run-up to her trial not answering the case against her, but relocating the fight to her platforms.

Week of June 14–23, 2026

How she responded to the May 22 omnibus order.

Week ending July 5, 2026

The shift from threatening posts to mobilizing an audience.

Week ending July 12, 2026

Witnesses named, a de-anonymization claim floated, and the trial itself never mentioned.

Week ending July 19, 2026

Scripture, a supporter chorus and a “TRUTH” website as the campaign is restaged as ministry.

Week ending July 26, 2026

Her five-page answer to the show-cause order, and the posting that continued around it.

Week ending August 2, 2026

The last week before trial.

July 13, 2026

The court orders Wilson to stop posting about the case, its parties and its witnesses.

Special edition

Within a single 24-hour window, the same feed ran two irreconcilable stories.

Special report

How the six-week pre-trial campaign was built.

The court record

May 22 – August 2026

The case docket by docket: the May 22 omnibus order, the July collapse of Wilson’s witness list, and the judge’s admonishment.

The verdict

August 13, 2026

A unanimous federal jury found for the defendants in the case Wilson brought. The court record of the day and how the courtroom got there.

After the verdict

After August 13, 2026

What surrounded the verdict, and how the loss was reframed once it was in.

The evidence behind the story

2022 – 2026
The Death Threats That DisappearedComing soon

The litigation record on the recorded death threats she told her audience about for years.

This archive is updated as each page is published. Filings are one side’s contentions; only the jury’s verdict and the court’s rulings are findings.