Complaint: Judge ruled for Trump in Pulitzer case while seeking nomination (opens in new tab)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:New York, May 19, 2026 — Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) today with the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission against Jeffrey Kuntz, chief judge of the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal.Last February, Kuntz ruled in President Donald Trump’s favor in Trump’s frivolous defamation lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize Board, even though he was seeking a nomination from Trump to the federal judiciary. He failed to recuse himself from the case or disclose his co...