Sarah Palin’s positive COVID test delays NY Times defamation trial

FILE PHOTO: Palin speaks at a rally endorsing U.S. Republican presidential candidate Trump for President at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa
FILE PHOTO: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at a rally endorsing U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for President at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa January 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Kauzlarich/File Photo

By Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK – Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor, has tested positive for the coronavirus, forcing a U.S. judge on Monday to delay her defamation trial against The New York Times.