Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin leaves Manhattan federal court on Tuesday in New York. A jury has concluded The New York Times did not libel Palin in a 2017 editorial that contained an error that she says damaged her reputation. Larry Neumeister/AP
Larry Neumeister/AP
NEW YORK — The New York Times did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in a 2017 editorial that contained an error she claimed had damaged her reputation, a jury concluded Tuesday.
The jury deliberated a little over two hours before reaching its verdict. A judge and a different jury had reached the same conclusion about Palin’s defamation claims in 2022, but her lawsuit was revived by an appeals court.
Palin was subdued as she left the courthouse and made her way to a waiting car, telling reporters: “I get to go home to a beautiful family of five kids and grandkids and a beautiful property and get on with life. And that’s nice.”
Later, she posted on the social platform X that she planned to “keep asking