Court rules Sarah Palin can sue New York Times for libel

A federal judge rejected a bid from the New York Times, which will allow a defamation lawsuit being brought on by former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin to go to trial.

U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan ruled against the paper’s motion on the suit and set a trial date for February for the former Alaska governor, who claims that the New York Times defamed her through a 2017 op-ed that tied her to a mass shooting. Rakoff, in his decision, concluded that Palin’s case is circumstantial, but there is a chance a jury could find that the outlet had acted with “actual malice by clear and convincing evidence.”