Trump Files $15 Billion Lawsuit Against the New York Times: ‘One of the Worst and Most Degenerate Newspapers’
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President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he was filing a $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times, accusing the newspaper of defaming him “for far too long.”
In a late-night Truth Social post, Trump announced:
Today, I have the Great Honor of bringing a $15 Billion Dollar Defamation and Libel Lawsuit against The New York Times, one of the worst and most degenerate newspapers in the History of our Country, becoming a virtual “mouthpiece” for the Radical Left Democrat Party. I view it as the single largest illegal Campaign contribution, EVER. Their Endorsement of Kamala Harris was actually put dead center on the front page of The New York Times, something heretofore UNHEARD OF! The “Times” has engaged in a decades long method of lying about your Favorite President (ME!), my family, business, the America First Movement, MAGA, and our Nation as a whole. I am PROUD to hold this once respected “rag” responsible, as we are doing with the Fake News Networks such as our successful litigation against George Slopadopoulos/ABC/Disney, and 60 Minutes/CBS/Paramount, who knew that they were falsely “smearing” me through a highly sophisticated system of document and visual alteration, which was, in effect, a malicious form of defamation, and thus, settled for record amounts. They practiced this longterm INTENT and pattern of abuse, which is both unacceptable and illegal. The New York Times has been allowed to freely lie, smear, and defame me for far too long, and that stops, NOW! The suit is being brought in the Great State of Florida. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
The president announced the lawsuit less than a day after the New York Times reported on White House Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff’s involvement in a pair of shady Trump business deals.
In July, Paramount settled a lawsuit with Trump for a whopping $16 million, plus an alleged $20 million in advertising, after the president sued the company over a 60 Minutes interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Just seven months prior, ABC News also agreed to pay the Trump presidential library $15 million after Trump sued the network for defamation.
Trump is currently suing the Wall Street Journal for reporting on a birthday letter the president allegedly sent to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. While the Journal produced a photo of the letter, which included Trump’s signature at the bottom, the president has denied being the author.
