Judge Dismisses Donald Trump’s Lawsuit Against New York Times, Orders Former President To Pay Attorney’s Fees And Costs
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deadline.comA judge has dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit against The New York Times and three journalists who published a 2018 piece on his tax schemes.
The New York Supreme Court justice, Robert R. Reed, also ordered the former president to pay the Times’ legal expenses, finding that the state’s anti-SLAPP law applied.
That law is designed to limit plaintiffs from filing litigation as a way to limit a defendant from exercising the right to free speech and public participation.
Trump filed suit against the Times and the reporters, Susanne Craig, David Barstow and Russell Buettner, in 2021, claiming they caused his niece Mary Trump to take tax and financial documents held by her lawyer and violate a 2001 settlement agreement.
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