Trump suing The New York Times for $15 billion alleging defamation
FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters from the Resolute Desk after signing an executive order to appoint the deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration in the Oval Office at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Wash
President Donald Trump said he’s filing a $15 billion defamation and libel lawsuit against the New York Times.
Court documents obtained by The Associated Press show the lawsuit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Florida.
Trump New York Times lawsuit
Big picture view:
The lawsuit names several articles and one book written by two of the publication’s journalists and published in the lead up to the 2024 election, saying they are "part of a decades-long pattern by the New York Times of intentional and malicious defamation against President Trump."
What they're saying:
"Defendants published such statements negligently, with knowledge of the falsity of the statements, and/or with reckless disregard of their truth or falsity," the lawsuit says.
In a Truth Social post announcing the lawsuit, Trump accused The New York Times of lying about him and defaming him, saying it has become "a virtual ‘mouthpiece’ for the Radical Left Democrat Party."
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Meanwhile:
Trump has gone after other media outlets, including filing a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch in July after the newspaper published a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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*Editor's Note:
The Wall Street Journal shares common ownership with Fox. Fox has not independently confirmed the truth of the Wall Street Journal’s reporting.
The lawsuits, Trump has said, are part of his efforts to punish news outlets, including ABC and CBS, which both reached multimillion-dollar settlement deals with the president after he took them to court.
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The Source: Information in this article was taken from a Truth Social post made by Trump, and court documents filed in U.S. District Court in Florida, as obtained and reported by The Associated Press. Background information was taken from The Associated Press. This story was reported from Detroit.