After Florida District Court Judge Steven D. Merryday rejected Donald Trump’s initial $15 billion defamation suit against Penguin Random House, the New York Times, and New York Times reporters on the grounds that it was too long and “tedious,” Trump filed a new version that meets the judge’s limit of no more than 40 pages. The new complaint more prominently leads the “allegations” by quoting 22 statements from Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner’s book LUCKY LOSER: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success, claiming that the work “published many false, malicious, and defamatory statements.” […]
