Sarah Palin given new trial in defamation lawsuit against New York Times

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The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin another trial in her pursuit to sue the New York Times for defamation in connection to an article that linked Palin with the 2011 shooting of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

Palin’s political action committee had published a graphic in 2010 with crosshairs over Democratic congressional districts, and a 2017 New York Times editorial connected it with Gifford’s brush with death.

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