Left: Left: Grammy award winning musician Isaac Hayes in May of 2000 (Scott Weiner / MediaPunch /IPX). Right: President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 31, 2025 (Pool via AP).
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump must face a copyright lawsuit over his alleged use of the 1966 Isaac Hayes song “Hold On, I’m Coming” during his presidential campaign.
Bill Clinton appointee U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash Jr. denied a motion filed by Trump’s legal team to dismiss the lawsuit waged by the family of the late Grammy Award-winning Hayes for copyright infringement.
“Great morning in Federal Court,” Hayes’ son Isaac Hayes III wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday. “Grateful to the Court for denying the motion to dismiss filed by Donald Trump, Donald Trump for President, and Turning Point USA in our copyright case. We move forward.”
As Law&Crime has previously reported, Hayes’ estate and son Isaac Hayes III in 2024 followed through on their public threats to sue last August after Trump used the song during campaign rallies.
