Trump scores big legal win against Pulitzer Prize Board as lawsuit moves to discovery
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A Florida judge ruled against the motion filed by the members of the Pulitzer Prize Board, allowing President Trump's legal team to proceed to discovery in his defamation lawsuit.
Judge Robert L. Pegg of the 19th Judicial Circuit Court in Okeechobee County, Florida, stuck down their motion. Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to joseph.wulfsohn@fox.com and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.
"The rule requires 'an affirmative showing of annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense' from such party or person… Defendants have failed to meet this requirement, as there is no factual support in the record demonstrating that any defendant, much less each defendant, would be subject to annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense if a protective order is not entered," Pegg wrote in his filing.