A federal judge ruled this week that President Donald Trump and his legal team can amend a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times and refile it, if they do so by Aug. 27.

District Judge Steven Merryday ruled Monday that the president and his team have nearly four weeks to refile the lawsuit, declining to dismiss the case outright on First Amendment grounds, according to the Washington Examiner.

The president claimed last year that the New York Times and some of its reporters defamed him in their reckless disregard for the truth in two articles and a book published ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

The Florida judge said the New York Times will have 21 days after Trump amends his complaint to file their rebuttal.

Trump praised the ruling in a social media post and promised to disclose "all the ways in which The Times has repeatedly and consistently acted, with actual malice in defaming me, my family, our Great MAGA Movement, and America, itself."

"The Failing New York Times, after 10 years of harassment, slander, and libel, just failed again in their desperate attempt to have our powerful Defamation Lawsuit against them dropped," Trump said on Truth Social. "As we requested, the Highly Respected Judge has called for an updated complaint, which will lay out, in extreme detail, all the ways in which The Times has repeatedly and consistently acted, with actual malice in defaming me, my family, our Great MAGA Movement, and America, itself. 

"We will continue to hold The Times and their 'comrades' in the Mainstream Media accountable for publishing, promoting, and dealing in Fake News," Trump added.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.