Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House could prove more complicated than anticipated, at least in the terms of the calendar.
03.05.2023 - 22:07 / deadline.com
A 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. Among other things, Trump claimed tortious interference with contract and unjust enrichment.
In Reed’s opinion — read it here — he rejected Trump’s claims against the media defendants, writing that “courts have long recognized that reporters are entitled to engage in legal and ordinary newsgathering activities without fear of tort liability — as these actions are at the very core of protected First Amendment activity.”
Mary Trump also was named as a defendant in the case, but the judge has not yet ruled on her motion to dismiss.
A spokesperson for the Times said, “The New York Times is pleased with the judge’s decision today. It is an important precedent reaffirming that the press is protected when it engages in routine newsgathering to obtain information of vital importance to the public.”
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Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House could prove more complicated than anticipated, at least in the terms of the calendar.
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