‘Application is denied’: Judge rejects Trump’s push to expedite lawsuit against Bob Woodward over ‘Rage’ audiobook

Left: Bob Woodward seen promoting his third book on Donald Trump, Peril, on Good Morning America in New York City on September 20, 2021 (RW/MediaPunch /IPX). Right: Former President Donald Trump arrives to board his airplane for a trip to a campaign rally in Waco, Texas on March 25, 2023 (AP Photo/Evan Vucci).

A federal judge in New York on Tuesday rejected a request from Donald Trump to proceed with discovery in his copyright lawsuit against journalist Bob Woodward as the president-elect continues to make good on his promise to pursue litigation against members of the press.

U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe, an appointee of George W. Bush, almost immediately denied Trump’s request to expedite the process with a handwritten order jotted atop the letter Trump’s attorney submitted to the court.

“The Court is at work on the outstanding motion,” Gardephe wrote. “To the extent Plaintiff seeks to embark on discovery before the motion to dismiss is resolved, that application is denied.”

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