Judge tosses Trump's $15B New York Times lawsuit, calling it 'improper' and 'invective'

A federal judge on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times, saying a courtroom can't be used as a substitute for the "Hyde Park Speakers’ Corner.”

A federal judge on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times, saying a courtroom can't be used as a substitute for the "Hyde Park Speakers’ Corner.”

Trump's side will still have a chance to amend the Middle District of Florida complaint in 28 days, as long as it's no longer than 40 pages, U.S. District Court Judge Steven Merryday ruled.

“A complaint is not a megaphone for public relations or a podium for a passionate oration at a political rally or the functional equivalent of the Hyde Park Speakers’ Corner,” according to Merryday, an appointee of President George H.W. Bush.

Trump is claiming he was defamed by the newspaper, four of its reporters and book publisher Penguin Random House.

The judge said that Trump's complaint, as it now stands, is “improper and impermissible,” adding that every lawyer should know that a lawsuit is not a public forum for “vituperation and invective” or “rage against an adversary.”