A Florida circuit judge on Monday denied the Pulitzer Board’s request to pause a defamation lawsuit from Donald Trump until the president is out of office.
The decision from the 19th Judicial Circuit Court’s Judge Robert L. Pegg late Monday presents a blow to the board, which in January pointed out that the president has sought to stay civil lawsuits in which he is a defendant. But it’s a major victory for Trump, who is actively waging a war on news media publishers whose reporting he dislikes.
Trump brought the lawsuit against the board in 2022 after it defended its decision to award the 2018 National Reporting prize to The Washington Post and The New York Times for the pair’s coverage of Russian interference in the 2016 election and its alleged connections to the Trump campaign.
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