(NewsNation) — A judge has ordered President Donald Trump's legal team to reduce the length of a complaint against the New York Times by half and refile within 28 days.

Trump is suing the paper for articles that cast doubt on his business success and empire, and has a long list of other criticisms of the president, including those that arose from interviews with former Trump administration employees and associates.

Judge Steven Merryday wrote that federal rules of civil procedure dictate that claims be concise and direct, while allowing that some pleadings will be longer than others depending on the issue at hand.

Merryday noted that the initial pleading came in at 85 pages for just two counts of defamation.

"Even under the most generous and lenient application of Rule 8, the complaint

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