Posted on 05/30/2025 5:44:59 AM PDT by Libloather
President Donald Trump notched a significant legal victory this week in his ongoing effort to strip the New York Times and the Washington Post of their Pulitzer Prizes for reporting on alleged ties between his 2016 campaign and Russia — coverage he claims was false and defamatory.
A Florida appellate court on Wednesday rejected the Pulitzer Prize Board’s attempt to pause the defamation lawsuit, clearing the way for the case to proceed.
The board had argued that allowing the litigation to move forward while Trump is serving in office would raise constitutional concerns, but the court dismissed that claim, saying only the president himself could assert such privileges.
Trump on Thursday hailed the development as a turning point in his fight against what he called “fake, malicious stories” about alleged ties between his 2016 campaign and Russia.
“BREAKING! In a major WIN in our powerful lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize Board regarding the illegal and defamatory ‘Award’ of their once highly respected ‘Prize,’ to fake, malicious stories on the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, by the Failing New York Times and the Washington Compost, the Florida Appellate Court viciously rejected the Defendants’ corrupt attempt to halt the case,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“They’ll have to give back their ‘Award.’ They were awarded for false reporting, and we can’t let that happen in the United States of America.”
The Fourth District Court of Appeal in Florida issued a seven-page ruling Wednesday that denied the board’s motion to stay proceedings.
The board had argued that allowing the case to proceed while Trump serves in office could raise constitutional issues, including concerns under the Supremacy Clause and the Take Care Clause of the Constitution.
The court flatly rejected that rationale, ruling that such privileges are not transferable to Trump’s legal opponents.
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I’d say in the current state of affairs at Pulitizer that it is most embarrassing to RECEIVE one of their perverted awards.
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Maybe someday the Times will be forced to give back the Pulitzer for Walter Duranty’s reporting from Russia.
Walter Duranty still has his ...
Trump should have it nailed to a wall in the White House after he wins.
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Good news. And not the first time the NY Times has been caught reporting false news:
re: Walter Duranty, who was also given a Pulitzer Prize for reporting that was later proved to be false.
Unfortunately:
“The Pulitzer Board declined to revoke the award and in 2003 said the articles which it examined in making the award did not contain ‘clear and convincing evidence of deliberate deception.’”
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