Judge dismisses Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit

A federal judge dismissed Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times and Penguin Random House, deeming it “decidedly improper and impermissible,” and gave Trump’s lawyers 28 days to refile. The judge criticized the lawsuit for excessive praise of Trump and failure to establish valid defamation claims, while the defendants maintained the suit lacked merit and aimed to suppress independent reporting.

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