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A Florida federal judge on Friday tossed out a $15 billion defamation and libel lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against The New York Times.

Court documents obtained by The Associated Press showed the lawsuit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Florida.

Judge tosses lawsuit filed by Trump against The New York Times

What they're saying:

U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday ruled that Trump’s lawsuit was overly long and was full of "tedious and burdensome" language that had no bearing on the legal case.

It named four Times journalists and cited a book and three articles published within a two-month period before the last election.

The lawsuit named a book and an article written by Times reporters Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig that focuses on Trump’s finances a

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