Florida Judge Rejects Pulitzer Prize Board's Attempt To Delay Trump Russiagate Lawsuit A Florida judge sided with President Donald Trump this week in his defamation lawsuit against members of the Pulitzer Prize Board, who sought to delay the lawsuit until Trump leaves office.
The lawsuit centers on the board's awards to the New York Times and Washington Post for their Russiagate coverage. Last week, Pulitzer board members argued that Trump's participation in the suit "could interfere with his duties as president" and render him unable to "devote his time and energy to the problems and issues facing the nation." Judge Robert Pegg of the 19th circuit court of Okeechobee County, Fla., disagreed, accepting an argument from Trump's attorneys that Trump himself is "in a better position" to determine whether the suit is a distraction.
The ruling marks another victory for Trump in the lawsuit. Last month, Pegg rejected the board’s request to shield internal communications regarding the award. An appeals court, meanwhile, ruled against the board’s motion to dismiss the case over jurisdictional concerns.
Trump sued Pulitzer board members in December 2022 over their prizes, awarded four years earlier, to the Times and Post for a series of stories about Trump’s purported ties to Russia. The board said the stories "dramatically furthered the nation’s understanding of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its connections." In his lawsuit, Trump said the board "rewarded" the newspapers "for lying to the American public" about the "now-debunked theory" of collusion with Russia.............
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