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Judge tosses Trump's lawsuit against NYT

"A New York State court on Tuesday dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by the re-election campaign of Donald J. Trump against The New York Times Company, ruling that an opinion essay that argued there had been a 'quid pro quo' between the candidate and Russian officials before the 2016 presidential election was protected speech," NYT's Marc Tracy reported Tuesday. Judge James E. d’Auguste said in his opinion that the essay at the center of the suit was "nonactionable opinion," which legal experts had said at the time the suit was filed...

NYT's deputy general counsel David McCraw: "The court made clear today a fundamental point about press freedom: We should not tolerate libel suits that are brought by people in power intending to silence and intimidate those who scrutinize them..."




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