A judge in Florida, for now, tossed out President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times days after it was filed, finding the president’s lawyers failed to follow court rules requiring “short, plain, direct” claims.

U.S.District Judge Steven Merryday issued an order on Friday concluding that Trump’s lawsuit “unmistakably and inexcusably” violated the court’s rules by featuring “repetitive,” “superfluous” and “florid” allegations and details, but said that his lawyers could refile an edited version within the next month.

Trump filed a lawsuit in federal court in Tampa earlier this week against The New York Times Co. and Penguin Random House LLC, accusing the paper of serving as a “mouthpiece” for the Democrats, pitting himself against one of the world’s o

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