UPDATE: This piece was updated with a reaction from former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R), which she posted on X.
On Tuesday, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R) lost the retrial of her defamation suit against The New York Times after she alleged the editorial board defamed her by linking her to the assassination attempt on Arizona Democratic Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. The retrial came after improper conduct by the Manhattan federal judge overseeing the case affected the jury’s deliberations, a panel of judges found.
The nine-person, Manhattan jury only took a couple of hours to reach their decision. Earlier in the afternoon, The Times published their own report noting that the jury began their deliberations, with the ruling coming a little after 4 o’clock p.m. Eastern.
In an update to the report with the news that they jury sided with them, The…
