The OAFPOTUS sued the New York Times in the Middle District of Florida on Monday. It only took until this morning for Senior US District Judge Stephen Merryday to throw it out:
Judge Steven D. Merryday, of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, said the president’s 85-page complaint was unnecessarily lengthy and digressive. He criticized Mr. Trump’s lawyers for waiting until the 80th page to lodge a formal allegation of defamation, and for including, ahead of it, dozens of “florid and enervating” pages lavishing praise on the president and enumerating a range of grievances.
“A complaint is not a public forum for vituperation and invective,” Judge Merryday wrote. “Not a protected platform to rage against an adversary.”
Seriously, you have to read the 3-page order. If you're a lawyer, ask yourself (a) what kind of attorney* would sign his or her name to this ridiculous complaint, and (b) why the Times didn't ask for Rule 11(c) sanctions?
Incidentally, Merryday, a George HW Bush appointee, is the judge who ruled in Navy Seal 1 v Austin (8:21-cv-2429-SDM-TGW) that the Navy couldn't remove a guided-missile commander who refused to get a Covid vaccination. So we're not exactly talking about Louis Brandeis here. That said, I can't wait to see the amended complaint in Toddler v The World.
* The attorney of record was Alejandro Brito, with attorneys Edward Paltzik and Daniel Epstein joining pro hac vice. Stand back, Thurgood and Constance! These guys are the giants of our era!
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Yak
FFS... My god, that "complaint" is so breathtakingly sycophantic I stopped reading it by the 2nd page and just skimmed the rest. It's a masterpiece of hyperbolic horseshit I hope no one will ever attempt to surpass. That the judge's response limits the amended complaint to "only" 40 pages is hardly an improvement. This is so tiresomely ridiculous, as is everything Trump does.
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