March 23, 2022
Sarah Palin said Tuesday she wants a new judge and trial in her unsuccessful defamation case against The New York Times, saying U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff made a series of errors that "contaminated" the verdict, including his decision to toss the case during jury deliberations.
March 01, 2022
Manhattan U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff on Tuesday defended his move to toss Sarah Palin's libel suit against the New York Times while the jury was still out, despite admitting that he was not aware jurors might receive pop-up news alerts on their phones about his decision.
February 23, 2022
U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff said Wednesday that Sarah Palin's lawyers will challenge a verdict clearing The New York Times of the former vice presidential hopeful's libel claims and added that team Palin wants a new judge to handle the "fracas" going forward.
February 17, 2022
Judge Jed S. Rakoff's pre-verdict announcement he was going to dismiss Sarah Palin's libel suit against The New York Times backfired when news alerts about the ruling popped up on some jurors' phones amid deliberations, but experts say the former Alaska governor's case was so weak it likely won't matter on appeal.
February 16, 2022
Some jurors knew that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's libel lawsuit against The New York Times would be dismissed by a Manhattan federal judge before they rendered a verdict that likewise rejected the case, according to a Wednesday court entry.
February 15, 2022
A Manhattan federal jury on Tuesday rejected Sarah Palin's libel claims against The New York Times over a 2017 editorial, one day after a judge said he planned to dismiss the case.
February 14, 2022
A Manhattan federal judge indicated Monday he will throw out Sarah Palin's libel lawsuit against The New York Times over a 2017 opinion piece, saying that no reasonable jury could return a verdict in her favor — even as the jurors continued deliberating.
February 11, 2022
Sarah Palin's attorney on Friday excoriated The New York Times' editorial board during closing arguments as being so biased against the former Alaska governor and conservative politicians generally that it recklessly disregarded the truth in falsely linking her to a deadly mass shooting.
February 10, 2022
Sarah Palin told jurors in Manhattan federal court Thursday that a 2017 New York Times editorial was emotionally "devastating," testifying that the newspaper's false claims linking her political action committee to a mass shooting left her feeling "powerless."
February 08, 2022
Former New York Times editor James Bennet took the stand Tuesday to both take blame for publishing errors and defend his underlying argument in "America's Lethal Politics," a 2017 editorial that Sarah Palin claims defamed her by linking her political rhetoric to a mass shooting.