Embarrassment for Pulitzer Prize Board as Judge Refuses To Move Trump’s Lawsuit Over ‘Dishonest and Defamatory Conduct’ From Florida Court

At issue is the 2018 Pulitzer Price awarded to the New York Times and Washington Post for their coverage of Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia, a prize President Trump has demanded be rescinded.

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Signage for the Pulitzer Prizes at Columbia University, May 28, 2019. AP/Bebeto Matthews, file

President Trump scored yet another win in his defamation lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize Board as a Florida court of appeals on Wednesday shot down arguments that board members living outside of the state were not subject to Florida jurisdiction. 

“The circuit court concluded that the exercise of personal jurisdiction over the eighteen defendants was proper,” the appellate judges ruled on Wednesday. “We agree. Trump’s operative pleading sufficiently pled that the defendants engaged in a conspiracy to defame him.”

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