Sarah Palin’s retrial in libel suit against New York Times begins in NY court

Source: New York Post

Sarah Palin is back in Manhattan court for a retrial in her lawsuit accusing the New York Times of libeling her in a 2017 editorial about mass shootings. The former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor is getting a second chance at arguing that the Grey Lady defamed her by suggesting in the opinion piece that her campaign rhetoric inspired an assassination attempt on Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords six years earlier.