Judge gives president 28 days to refile initial 85-page defamation suit in 40 pages or less

A federal judge rejected President Donald Trump's $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times for not being a short, plain statement of complaint.

A US federal judge took issue with the contents of Trump's lawsuit against the newspaper and gave him 28 days to amend it.

The US president has been given 28 days to file an amended version of his complaint.

Judge gives US president 28 days to refile action after saying original filing is full of ‘vituperation and invective’

Judge Steven Merryday noted that President Trump's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times "consumes" 85 pages.

Judge gives president 28 days to refile initial 85-page defamation suit in 40 pages or less

District Judge Steven Merryday said the American president's complaint against the newspaper, as submitted, was 'improper and impermissible,' and he gave his lawyers 28 days to…

“A complaint is not a megaphone for public relations or a podium for a passionate oration at a political rally,” Judge Steven Merryday wrote in a four-page order.

Complaint not a ‘megaphone for PR’, says Judge Merryday, who deemed long-winded content ‘tedious and burdensome’.

A $15 billion suit filed by President Donald Trump against the New York Times was rejected by a judge. He said the complaint had "superfluous allegations."