Sarah Palin Granted New Trial in New York Times Defamation Case

Former Alaska Governor and Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been granted a new trial in her defamation lawsuit against The New York Times. An appeals court has ruled that the judge in the original trial made several errors, warranting a retrial of the high-profile case that centers on a 2017 editorial linking Palin to a 2011 mass shooting in Arizona.

The lawsuit stems from a June 2017 editorial published by The New York Times titled "America’s Lethal Politics," which suggested a connection between Palin's political. . .