Trump Files $15 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Against The New York Times
President Donald Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times and four of its journalists.
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Former President Donald Trump has launched a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times and four of its journalists, court documents revealed on Monday.
The legal action, filed in U.S. District Court in Florida, targets multiple articles and a book authored by two of the publication's reporters that were published ahead of the 2024 presidential election. The lawsuit alleges these publications are "part of a decades-long pattern by the New York Times of intentional and malicious defamation against President Trump."
"The defendants published such statements negligently, with knowledge of the falsity of the statements, and/or with reckless disregard of their truth or falsity," according to the lawsuit.
As of early Tuesday, The New York Times had not responded to requests for comment regarding the allegations.
Trump announced the lawsuit on his Truth Social platform, where he accused The New York Times of publishing lies and defamatory content about him, claiming the publication has become "a virtual 'mouthpiece' for the Radical Left Democrat Party."
This is not Trump's first legal action against media organizations. In July, he filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media magnate Rupert Murdoch following the newspaper's publication of a story about Trump's connections to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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