"A federal judge in Florida has dismissed President Donald Trump's lawsuit against The New York Times, bluntly declaring it to have unmistakably and inexcusably violated the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure with its decidedly improper and impermissible length and repetitive and often repetitive, and laudatory (toward President Trump) but superfluous allegations. Trump announced he was suing the Times for defamation and demanding $15 billion in damages in a Truth Social post late Monday evening."
"The very first sentence referenced Rule 8 from the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that requires complaints to be simple, concise, and direct with a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief, calling that a rule that every member of the bar of every federal court knows (or is presumed to know)."
U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday dismissed President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times for violating Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The complaint sought $15 billion and alleged two counts of defamation but spanned eighty-five pages with repetitive, laudatory, and superfluous allegations. The order emphasized that Rule 8 requires complaints to be simple, concise, and direct with a short and plain statement of the claim and criticized the extreme length and complexity. First Amendment experts labeled the complaint meritless and the dismissal included sharp parenthetical remarks aimed at the legal team.
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