Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times.
A jury in New York on Tuesday rejected the Republican’s claim that the newspaper maliciously damaged her reputation with an editorial linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting.
The Times acknowledged that the 2017 editorial had wrongly suggested Palin’s political action committee helped inspire a 2011 Arizona shooting that killed six and severely wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords.
But the paper said the mistake wasn’t intentional.
The verdict came after a judge said he would rule to dismiss the case, making an appeal a near certainty.