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New York The judge who presided over Sarah Palins libel case against The New York Times denied her request Tuesday for a new trial, saying she failed to introduce even a speck of evidence necessary to prove actual malice.
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff made the assertion in a written decision as he rejected post-trial claims from Palins lawyers.
They had asked him to grant a new trial or disqualify himself as biased against her, citing several evidentiary rulings by Rakoff that they said were errors. Those ranged from how the questioning of jurors occurred during jury selection, to how jurors were instructed when they asked questions during deliberations.
In actuality, none of these was erroneous, let alone a basis for granting Palin a new trial, the judge said.
Read more: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/31/judge-no-speck-proof-palins-libel-case-against-nyt/7462234001/
bucolic_frolic
(43,249 posts)hlthe2b
(102,328 posts)So sorry, Sarah (NOT)
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)Not a speck of evidence!
Not a shred of evidence!
Of evidence there is none!
What little evidence is there is deceased!
Lovely plumage but no evidence!