A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by former US President Donald Trump against the New York Times.
The $100m (£79m) lawsuit accused the newspaper and Mr Trump’s estranged niece, Mary Trump, of “an insidious plot” to obtain his tax records.
It was filed in 2021 and relates to a Pulitzer Prize-winning series on Mr Trump’s financial affairs.
On Wednesday, Judge Robert Reed said the claims in the lawsuit “fail as a matter of constitutional law”.
“Courts have long recognised that…