Judge refuses to grant Sarah Palin a new trial in her libel suit against New York Times

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin ’s bid for a new libel trial against The New York Times was rejected Monday by a New York federal judge who also refused Palin’s request that the judge recuse himself.

Judge Jed S. Rakoff said in a written opinion that he was “scrupulous” in affording Palin a fair trial last April, when a jury concluded that the Times did not libel the former Alaska governor in a 2017 editorial.

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