# A federal judge in Florida has rejected President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times for not following federal rules for filing civil complaints. Judge Steven D. Merryday said a complaint is not supposed to be “a megaphone for public relations” and called the Trump application “decidedly improper and impermissible.” Merryday said Trump’s legal team can refile in the next four weeks but must keep the complaint to 40 pages or fewer. The lengthy lawsuit accused the Times of being a “virtual mouthpiece” for the Democratic Party. Trump claims 260-billion-rand in damages.
Judge rejects Trump’s New York Times lawsuit as being ‘decidedly improper and impermissible’