Trump Files $15 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Against The New York Times
New York: Former President Donald Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times and four of its journalists on Monday, according to court documents.
The lawsuit, lodged in the U.S. District Court in Florida, targets multiple articles and a book written by two of the publication’s journalists in the lead-up to the 2024 election. It alleges that these works are “part of a decades-long pattern by The New York Times of intentional and malicious defamation against President Trump.”
“Defendants published such statements negligently, with knowledge of their falsity, and/or with reckless disregard for their truth or falsity,” the lawsuit states.
The New York Times had not responded to a request for comment early Tuesday.
In a post on Truth Social announcing the lawsuit, Trump accused the newspaper of spreading falsehoods about him and labeled it “a virtual mouthpiece for the Radical Left Democrat Party.”
Trump has previously targeted other media outlets, including filing a $10 billion defamation suit in July against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, after the paper reported on his alleged connections to financier Jeffrey Epstein.
