Palin’s N.Y. Times Defamation Suit to Be Dismissed by Judge (2)

A federal judge said he would throw out a defamation suit filed by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin against the New York Times -- even as jurors continue to deliberate it.

The Manhattan judge said Monday that Palin failed to present enough evidence to prove that the the newspaper knowingly or recklessly published falsehoods about her when it ran a 2017 opinion piece incorrectly linking her to a deadly shooting. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff said he would allow the jury, which began deliberations in the case on Friday, to reach a verdict but would dismiss the case afterward regardless ...