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Defamation Trial Postponed As Palin Tests
Positive For COVID Judge Noting She's
Unvaxed
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 24 –
In the case of Sarah Palin
versus New York Times and
James Bennet, on July 24, 2020
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Jed S. Rakoff held oral
arguments. Inner City Press
live tweeted them, below.
On August
28, Judge Rakoff issued an
order denying summary judgment
and finding, inter alia, that
"there "there is sufficient
evidence to allow a rational
finder of fact to find actual
malice [by NYT / Bennet] by
clear & convincing
evidence." So, trial. Inner
City Press will cover it -
having previously reported
Judge Rakoff jokingly perhaps
offering that time slot to a
criminal case and saying, Ms.
Palin may just have to wait.
It was set to
start on January 24, 2022. But
as tweeted
by Inner City Press, "Sarah
Palin v. NYT will NOT start
today. Palin has tested
positive for COVID three
times. Judge Rakoff says she
can return for trial on
February 3, unless she is
showing symptoms."
Back on
January 19 the New York Times
filed its proposed questions
for jurors, including "do any
of you believe that the New
York Times has a bias against
certain political parties or
issues?"Also, do you know Ross
Douthat? Andrew Sullivan?
Robert Semple?
On January 20,
Sarah Palin's lawyers filed
their proposed questions,
including "Have you followed
any recent high profile court
cases closely?" Can you say,
Ghislaine Maxwell? We'll be
there.
On January 17 -
MLK Day - the New York Times
filed a request that juror
before opening statements be
read a statement including
that "Plaintiff claims that
two statements in the
Editorial falsely communicated
to readers that she directly
caused Jared Loughner to shoot
people in Arizona in 2011."
Then, the cross-hairs. Watch
this site.
On January 11,
Judge Rakoff convened a
pre-trial session. Inner City
Press live tweeted it here.
The case is
Palin v. The New York Times
Company, 17-cv-4853-JSR
(Rakoff)
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