"The Pulitzer Prize Board is demanding a complete and unredacted copy of the Mueller Report as part of discovery as it fights President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit over its refusal to rescind prizes awarded to the Washington Post and New York Times for reporting on Russian interference in the 2016 election. In 2018, the newspapers shared the prize, awarded for their deeply sourced, relentlessly reported coverage of the subject."
"At the heart of the case against the Pulitzer board is a statement it issued after Trump demanded the awards be retracted. The board argued at the time that its independent reviews found that no passages or headlines, contentions or assertions in any of the winning submissions were discredited by facts that emerged subsequent to the conferral of the prizes and concluded plainly: The 2018 Pulitzer Prizes in National Reporting stand."
"The board's discovery demands now seek to test those claims by forcing Trump to produce not only the full Mueller report but also communications with former special counsel Robert Mueller's team and records tied to key episodes examined by investigators, including contacts with Russia-linked figures. While Mueller did not allege a criminal conspiracy, his report stated that the Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome"
The Pulitzer Prize Board demanded an unredacted Mueller Report in discovery to defend against President Donald Trump's defamation suit after the board refused to rescind 2018 National Reporting prizes awarded to the Washington Post and New York Times for coverage of Russian interference in the 2016 election. The board said independent reviews found no winning passages discredited by subsequent facts and affirmed that the 2018 prizes stand. Trump alleges the board's endorsement implied criminal, wrongful, and un-American conduct and harmed his reputation. The board seeks communications with Mueller's team and records tied to investigators' key episodes, including Russia-linked contacts. Mueller's report said Russia sought to benefit from a Trump presidency but did not establish campaign conspiracy or coordination with the Russian government.
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