A federal judge in Florida has tossed out U.S. President Donald Trump’s $15-billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times days after it was filed, finding the president’s lawyers failed to follow court rules requiring “short, plain, direct” claims.

U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday called the suit “repetitive,” “superfluous” and “florid” when it needed to be “short, plain, direct.”{ai:summary}A Florida federal judge dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation suit against the New York Times days after it was filed.The court said the complaint failed to meet "short, plain, direct" pleading standards. #politics

Judge tosses out Trump's $15B suit against newspaper for being too wordy

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