Judge strikes Trump's lawsuit against New York Times over its content
- A federal judge, Steven D. Merryday, dismissed Donald Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, stating it was 'tedious and burdensome.'
- Judge Merryday criticized Trump's complaint for violating rules for concise legal statements.
- Merryday allowed Trump 28 days to refile a shorter version of the lawsuit, limiting it to 40 pages.
- The lawsuit claimed that The New York Times and two reporters published defamatory content about Trump, including the book 'Lucky Loser.
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A Florida federal judge on Friday tossed out a $15 billion defamation lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against The New York Times. U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday ruled that Trump’s 85-page lawsuit was overly long and full of “tedious and burdensome” language that had ...
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MIAMI.- In a strong brake on President Donald Trump's offensive against freedom of the press and expression, a Florida federal judge dismissed a US$15 billion defamation lawsuit filed by the government against The New York Times on Friday. District Judge Steven Merryday ruled that the 85-page lawsuit was excessively long and full of “tiedious and complicated” language that was irrelevant to the legal case. “A lawsuit is not a public relations me…
Judge Puts Length Cap on Trump's NYT Lawsuit
U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday tossed out President Trump’s $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times, criticizing the filing’s length. “Alleging only two simple counts of defamation, the complaint consumes eighty-five pages. Count I appears on page eighty, and Count II appears on page eighty-three. Pages one through seventy-nine, plus part of page eighty, present allegations common to both counts and to all defendants,” the judge wrot…
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