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In yet another blow to biggest loser of all time.
The $100m (£79m) lawsuit accused the newspaper and Mr Trump's estranged niece, Mary Trump, of "an insidious plot" to obtain his tax records.
It was filed in 2021 and relates to a Pulitzer Prize-winning series on Mr Trump's financial affairs.
On Wednesday, Judge Robert Reed said the claims in the lawsuit "fail as a matter of constitutional law".
"Courts have long recognised that reporters are entitled to engage in legal and ordinary newsgathering activities... as these actions are at the very core of protected First Amendment activity," he wrote in his ruling.
The $100m (£79m) lawsuit accused the newspaper and Mr Trump's estranged niece, Mary Trump, of "an insidious plot" to obtain his tax records.
It was filed in 2021 and relates to a Pulitzer Prize-winning series on Mr Trump's financial affairs.
On Wednesday, Judge Robert Reed said the claims in the lawsuit "fail as a matter of constitutional law".
"Courts have long recognised that reporters are entitled to engage in legal and ordinary newsgathering activities... as these actions are at the very core of protected First Amendment activity," he wrote in his ruling.
Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against the New York Times
The former president tried to sue the newspaper over an investigative series about his tax affairs.
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