A federal judge in Florida on Friday threw out President Donald Trump’s defamation suit against The New York Times four days after it was filed, calling the complaint “improper and impermissible” in its present form.

The judge provided Trump’s lawyers with 28 days to file an amended complaint.

The lawsuit, which asked for $15 billion in damages, accused the Times and four of its reporters, as well as book publisher Penguin Random House, of disparaging Trump’s reputation as a successful businessperson.

But Judge Steven D. Merryday, of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, said the president’s 85-page complaint was unnecessarily lengthy and digressive. He criticized Trump’s lawyers for waiting until the 80th page to lodge a formal allegation of defamation, and fo

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