https://freerepublic.com/tag/jamesdauguste/ en-us Wed, 10 Mar 2021 19:31:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3941169/posts A New York judge tossed the defamation lawsuit from the campaign of former President Donald Trump against the New York Times. Judge James d’Auguste granted the newspaper's motion to dismiss on Tuesday, which focused on a March 2019 op-ed published under the headline “The Real Trump-Russia Quid Pro Quo.” Max Frankel, the executive editor of the New York Times from 1986 to 1994, wrote in the op-ed that Trump had "an overarching deal" with "[Russian President] Vladimir Putin's oligarchy" against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election — an arrangement that would deliver “a new pro-Russian foreign policy,... Washington Examiner https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3941169/posts#comment Wed, 10 Mar 2021 19:31:20 GMT