Judge implored to stay Trump's 'wide-ranging, burdensome, and irrelevant' discovery requests in $15B lawsuit [View all]

Source: Law & Crime

Jan 20th, 2026, 1:17 pm


The New York Times is vehemently pushing back against discovery demands by President Donald Trump in an ongoing defamation clash. The paper of record insists the 45th and 47th president's $15 billion lawsuit will likely be dismissed soon — making discovery unnecessary.

On Monday, the Times – along with book publisher Penguin Random House – filed a 16-page motion to stay merits discovery in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

"This Court should stay discovery because Plaintiff Donald J. Trump's Amended Complaint is likely to be dismissed in its entirety, substantially narrowed, or transferred out of this District," the motion begins.

Trump filed the lawsuit in September 2025. Within days, a federal judge deemed the complaint to be "decidedly improper and impermissible." In October 2025, Trump and his attorneys tried again, in a slimmed-down effort excising over half the pages from the original petition.

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