A federal judge on Friday dismissed President Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, calling the complaint “decidedly improper and impermissible.”

U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday in Florida ruled that the 85-page lawsuit was unnecessarily lengthy and full of “tedious and burdensome” language irrelevant to the case.

“As every lawyer knows (or is presumed to know), a complaint is not a public forum for vituperation and invective — not a protected platform to rage against an adversary,” the judge wrote in a four-page order. “A complaint is not a megaphone for public relations or a podium for a passionate oration at a political rally.”

Additionally, the complaint “stands unmistakably and inexcusably athwart the requirements of Rule 8” of the Federal Rules

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