Trump’s Libel Suit Against Pulitzer Board Advances

July 21, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies

Politico reports:

Donald Trump scored a significant court win Saturday as a state judge in Florida turned down attempts by the Pulitzer Prize Board to toss out a libel lawsuit Trump filed in 2022 relating to a series of reports in the New York Times and Washington Post on the 2016 Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.

In a 14-page ruling issued Saturday, Senior Judge Robert Pegg turned down arguments from the prominent journalism awards panel that their decision to bestow the national reporting prize on the staffs of the two newspapers in 2018 amounted to a statement of “pure opinion” rather than fact.

The ruling means Trump’s suit will likely continue into a discovery phase, where the former president’s lawyers will be able to question Pulitzer board members about discussions related to the awards to the Times and Post.

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Pegg retired at age 70 in 2018, but “senior judges are retired judges who return to circuit one year after retirement on an as needed basis to preside over cases when the docket is crowded and additional help is needed.”



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