Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin returns to court Monday for a retrial of her libel case against The New York Times related to a 2017 editorial that falsely, or mistakenly, linked her to a mass shooting six years earlier in which then-Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was critically wounded.

The Times admitted that the editorial was inaccurate, but corrected it and called it an "honest mistake."

In the first trial, in 2022, nine jurors unanimously decided the newspaper could not be held liable for the editorial, which falsely linked her campaign rhetoric to the mass shooting. 

However, Judge Jed S. Rakoff, in Manhattan, rejected Palin’s claims in a ruling issued while a jury deliberated. The judge then let jurors deliver their verdict, which went against Palin, according to the Associated Press.

The trial, expected to last a week, comes after the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals restored the case last year. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday morning.

Times spokesperson Charlie Stadtlander thinks the newspaper will prevail in the retrial. 

“That reference was an unintended error, and quickly corrected," he said. "We’re confident we will prevail and intend to vigorously defend the case."

Palin, a onetime Republican vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor, says the editorial damaged her reputation and career.