In a win for Donald Trump and his legal team, the Florida Supreme Court this week refused to grant a rehearing to Pulitzer Prize board members who tried and failed to stop the president's defamation lawsuit over 2018 Washington Post and New York Times Russia probe reporting awards until he's out of office.

The word from the court on Tuesday was extremely brief but nonetheless significant, as several justices concurred in the denial without elaboration:

This cause having heretofore been submitted to the Court on jurisdictional briefs and portions of the record deemed necessary to reflect jurisdiction under Article V, Section 3(b), Florida Constitution, and the Court having determined that it should decline to accept jurisdiction, it is ordered that the petition for review is denied.

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