A judge in New York has ruled against former President Donald Trump in his 2021 lawsuit accusing New York Times reporters of a conspiracy to obtain his tax records.
The lawsuit claimed that the newspaper sought out Trump's niece, Mary Trump, and persuaded her "to smuggle the records out of her attorney's office." The lawsuit has been thrown out by Robert Reed, a New York supreme court justice, who said that Trump's claims "fail as a matter of constitutional law," which allows reporters to engage in legal and ordinary newsgathering.