Reuters: US JUDGE STRIKES DONALD TRUMP'S $15 BILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST NEW YORK TIMES, WITH LEAVE TO AMEND, COURT FILING SHOWS

[CaughtInThe]

Down to his core he's just a weak, corrupt loser who obeys no laws.



"U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday said Trump violated a federal procedural rule requiring a short and plain statement of why he deserves relief, and that a complaint is not "a public forum for vituperation and invective" or "a protected platform to rage against an adversary.""

Judge strikes Trump's lawsuit against New York Times over its content

A federal judge on Friday struck Donald Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times over its content.

www.reuters.com

 

[hooligan]

Do I see a SLAPP complaint on the horizon?

 

[Emlee]

 

[WorldWatcher]

"U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday said Trump violated a federal procedural rule requiring a short and plain statement of why he deserves relief, and that a complaint is not "a public forum for vituperation and invective" or "a protected platform to rage against an adversary.""

I'm not going to lie...

..... ..... I had to lookup "vituperation".

WW

 

[CaughtInThe]

I'm not going to lie...

..... ..... I had to lookup "vituperation".

WW

Perfect word though.

 

[dmpi]

Classic Activist judge. Their rulings serve as a social statement and beacon to the 'betterment' of society, but heaven forbid someone else trying to do the same.

 

[ElChupacabra]

Even under the most generous and lenient application of Rule 8, the complaint is decidedly improper and impermissible. The pleader initially alleges an electoral victory by President Trump “in historic fashion” — by “trouncing” the opponent — and alludes to “persistent election interference from the legacy media, led most notoriously by the New York Times.” The pleader alludes to “the halcyon days” of the newspaper but complains that the newspaper has become a “fullthroated mouthpiece of the Democrat party,” which allegedly resulted in the “deranged endorsement” of President Trump’s principal opponent in the most recent presidential election. The reader of the complaint must labor through allegations, such as “a new journalistic low for the hopelessly compromised and tarnished ‘GrayLady.’” The reader must endure an allegation of “the desperate need to defame with a partisan spear rather than report with an authentic looking glass” and an allegation that “the false narrative about ‘The Apprentice’ was just the tip of Defendants’ melting iceberg of falsehoods.” Similarly, in one of many, often repetitive, and laudatory(toward President Trump) but superfluous allegations, the pleader states, “‘TheCase 8:25-cv-02487-SDM-NHA Document 5 Filed 09/19/25 Page 2 of 4 PageID 166- 3 -Apprentice’ represented the cultural magnitude of President Trump’s singular brilliance, which captured the [Z]eitgeist of our time.”

Everything Trump does, whether directly or indirectly, is awash in this endless need to validate himself. This one massive insecurity issue.

 

[ElChupacabra]

Classic Activist judge. Their rulings serve as a social statement and beacon to the 'betterment' of society, but heaven forbid someone else trying to do the same.

Basically he just ordered the complaint be concise and identify the relief, rather than be endless pages of self aggrandizing blather.

 

[OrphanSlug]

Trump rants on TruthSocial about this like a child in 5... 4... 3...

 

[bullseyelqcs]

I'm not going to lie...

..... ..... I had to lookup "vituperation".

WW

I actually only knew what it meant after watching The Generals Daughter years ago. Good word....lol

 

[CaughtInThe]

Activist judge

 

[Tangmo]

Classic Activist judge. Their rulings serve as a social statement and beacon to the 'betterment' of society, but heaven forbid someone else trying to do the same.

There are many heavens and gods over the earth. Your reference is to MAGA heaven and the god of fascism.

Among the proliferation of gods and heavens over the earth there is a God of love and a heaven of Paradise. I post this because I wanted it on the record given you referred imprecisely to your heaven and your god among the many unique gods who have nothing else in common. For instance, the two Muslim Gods are both really pissed off at the rabble of Gods that lord over Israel. I could go on of course about gods and their constituencies that created 'em.

 

[Airyaman]

Classic Activist judge. Their rulings serve as a social statement and beacon to the 'betterment' of society, but heaven forbid someone else trying to do the same.

Lol.

 

[Peacenik]

IOW: 'You're full of shit and I'm not going to allow it.'

 

[RaleBulgarian]

Classic Activist judge. Their rulings serve as a social statement and beacon to the 'betterment' of society, but heaven forbid someone else trying to do the same.

Womp Womp

 

[Pyrite]

Classic Activist judge. Their rulings serve as a social statement and beacon to the 'betterment' of society, but heaven forbid someone else trying to do the same.

Classic uninformed critique.

 

[Pyrite]

Down to his core he's just a weak, corrupt loser who obeys no laws.



"U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday said Trump violated a federal procedural rule requiring a short and plain statement of why he deserves relief, and that a complaint is not "a public forum for vituperation and invective" or "a protected platform to rage against an adversary.""

Judge strikes Trump's lawsuit against New York Times over its content

A federal judge on Friday struck Donald Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times over its content.

www.reuters.com

Federal judge tosses Trump's lawsuit against New York Times, calls complaint "decidedly improper and impermissible"

A federal judge in Florida has thrown out President Trump's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, citing its excessive length, but gave his attorneys a chance to refile.

www.cbsnews.com

Updated on: September 19, 2025 / 5:59 PM EDT / CBS News

A federal judge in Florida has thrown out President Trump's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, citing its excessive length, but giving his attorneys a chance to file a shorter, amended version of the complaint within a month.

In the ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Steven Merryday said the original 85-page complaint was "decidedly improper and impermissible" and went well beyond Rule 8 of federal rules of civil procedure, which requires that each allegation be "simple, concise and direct."

Merryday, a George H.W. Bush nominee, criticized the complaint's "abundant, florid, and enervating detail," including superfluous references to "The Apprentice," Mr. Trump's many properties and media appearances, and an account of what the president calls "the Russia Collusion Hoax." For a two-count complaint, Merryday said the first 79 pages of the 85-page filing are unnecessarily long.

The president sued The New York Times and four of its reporters earlier this week over their extensive coverage of his business career, campaign and administration, asking for $15 billion.

The president and his attorneys have 28 days to amend the complaint, with the judge giving Mr. Trump's attorneys a 40-page limit....


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Trump seems to hire subpar attorneys.

 

[Fearandloathing]

Down to his core he's just a weak, corrupt loser who obeys no laws.



"U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday said Trump violated a federal procedural rule requiring a short and plain statement of why he deserves relief, and that a complaint is not "a public forum for vituperation and invective" or "a protected platform to rage against an adversary.""

Judge strikes Trump's lawsuit against New York Times over its content

A federal judge on Friday struck Donald Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times over its content.

www.reuters.com

I'm more inclined to compare him with a spoiled brat who isn't getting his way..........

EVERYTHING is crisis level.

 

[CaughtInThe]