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2017-07-28 Home Front: Politix

Sarah Palin's Lawyers want NYTimes emails

[NBC-2] NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Attorneys for Sarah Palin want to get the private communications of more than 20 journalists at the New York Times as part of the former Republican vice presidential nominee's defamation lawsuit against the newspaper.

Documents filed Wednesday in a New York federal court detailed the efforts by Palin's legal team to obtain the internal communications of the Times staffers.

Palin sued the New York Times last month over an editorial that inaccurately accused her of "political incitement" prior to the 2011 shooting that killed six people and left former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords severely wounded. She is seeking at least $75,000 in damages.

Palin's lawyers are seeking all emails and text messages concerning her dating back to January 8, 2011, the day of the shooting. The subpoenas target 23 journalists at the Times
[this is obvious overreach and a court will almost certainly cut this request but if it leaves anything substantial, it will be embarrassing and probably costly to the NYtimes]
, a list that includes editorial page editor James Bennet and columnists such as Charles Blow and Ross Douthat.

Posted by lord garth 2017-07-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 I hope it starts a trend.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-07-28 10:05|| 2017-07-28 10:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like she wants to go after any testicles and money the NYTs have left.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-07-28 11:11|| 2017-07-28 11:11|| Front Page Top

#3 this is obvious overreach and a court will almost certainly cut this request but if it leaves anything substantial, it will be embarrassing and probably costly to the NYtimes

Overreach was when Democrat party apparatchiks overwhelmed the small staff of the State of Alaska with FOIA requests while Palin was governor to the point where they couldn't get anything else done. Turnabout is fair play.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-07-28 11:14|| 2017-07-28 11:14|| Front Page Top

#4 They hate her. They always have. I think $75,000 is a paltry sum. She should sue for $75 million.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-07-28 11:16|| 2017-07-28 11:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes, Carlos Slim can afford it.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-07-28 11:34|| 2017-07-28 11:34|| Front Page Top

#6 $75,000? That's it? The NYT would have settled by now. Something's not right with that part of the story.

Posted by Raj 2017-07-28 11:44|| 2017-07-28 11:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Raj, $75,000 is the magic minimum number you have to ask for to qualify for this type of federal jurisdiction. The complaint says that she is entitled to an amount far in excess of $75,000.

Posted by Matt 2017-07-28 13:07|| 2017-07-28 13:07|| Front Page Top

#8 The discovery process itself will be interesting.

Posted by Pappy 2017-07-28 14:14|| 2017-07-28 14:14|| Front Page Top

#9 Authoritarian leaning folks tend to keep detailed records of their malfeasance (I assume because they don't think they are doing anything wrong). I'm sure something will turn up.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-07-28 16:36|| 2017-07-28 16:36|| Front Page Top

#10 Lots of hard drive burning going on, just sayin'.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2017-07-28 23:47|| 2017-07-28 23:47|| Front Page Top

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