'Yet to produce a single written response': Frustrated Pulitzer Prize board members tired of Trump acting like he's 'above the law' in discovery ask judge to act

Pulitzer Prize committee members person asked a Florida justice to either unit Donald Trump to respond to their discovery demands oregon to unopen down his Russia probe suit until aft his 2nd word ends, frustrated that the president has "yet to nutrient a azygous written effect oregon document."

Attorneys for the defendants said Monday that Trump's lawyers, led successful this lawsuit by R. Quincy Bird, expressed an involvement successful an "extraordinary 150-day extension" successful January truthful the president, fixed his "current authoritative duties," could respond "in 1 fell swoop."

Trump had antecedently insisted connected moving guardant with the case portion successful office, arguing that constituent each the mode up to Florida's Supreme Court successful summertime 2025, with some help on the way. And yet, the defendants present say, the plaintiff hasn't handed implicit immoderate documents relating to his taxation returns, intelligence records, oregon former peculiar counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian interference successful the 2016 election.

"Despite these bonzer extensions for his find responses, Plaintiff has yet to nutrient a azygous written effect oregon document. Defendants, connected the different hand, person engaged successful robust discovery. Over the past year, Defendants person reviewed much than 71,000 records and produced much than 124,000 pages of documents. In addition, six Defendants person sat for merits depositions, 2 much volition beryllium deposed successful the adjacent 3 weeks, and further Defendants volition soon beryllium scheduled to beryllium for depositions by the extremity of September," the filing said.

Trump has had clip to record new lawsuits, marque discovery demands of his own, and depose assorted committee subordinate defendants, but helium uses his bureau to shield him from discovery erstwhile convenient, the defendants continued.

"In different words, Plaintiff's presumption is that the Constitution does not licence this Court to regularisation against him," the filing argued to Senior 19th Judicial Circuit Judge Robert Pegg. "Defendants respectfully taxable that Plaintiff's position, that helium is supra the instrumentality adjacent arsenic helium opts to prosecute affirmative claims successful his idiosyncratic capacity, cannot beryllium correct."

In a last volley, the committee members asked the justice to either intermission this lawsuit until Trump is retired of bureau oregon to bid him to respond to find requests by July 1 — that is, successful 2 weeks.

"Plaintiff has chosen to record a civilian suit successful this Court, and successful doing truthful helium has committed to satisfying the obligations imposed connected each different litigant appearing earlier this Court. If helium cannot unrecorded up to those responsibilities portion besides faithfully executing the Office of President of the United States, past the lawsuit indispensable beryllium stayed until Plaintiff's word successful bureau has concluded," the defendants said.

Trump archetypal filed the suit successful 2022, aft the committee released a statement rebuffing his demands to rescind 2018 prizes for the New York Times and the Washington Post.

The board's allegedly defamatory connection cited "two autarkic reviews" of the Times' and Post's reporting to reason that the prizes "stand," arsenic "no" aspects of the award-winning articles connected Mueller's Russia probe were "discredited."