Sarah Palin Prevails in Getting New Defamation Trial Against NY Times

The legal dispute began after The New York Times published a 2017 editorial that Palin said falsely suggested she was responsible for a political shooting.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during a "Save America" rally at Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska, on July 9, 2022. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been granted a new trial in her defamation case against The New York Times and its former opinion editor James Bennet, according to an Aug. 28 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

This ruling is the latest development in Palin’s years-long legal battle, which centers on a 2017 editorial published by The NY Times that linked her political action committee to a 2011 shooting that seriously injured then-Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.).