NEW YORK (AP) — 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, submitted in U.S. District Court in Florida, targets several articles and one book penned by two of the newspaper’s journalists in the lead-up to the 2024 election, characterizing them as part of a decades-long pattern of malicious defamation against him.
The lawsuit alleges that defendants published such statements negligently, with knowledge of the falsity of the statements, and/or with reckless disregard of their truth or falsity. As of early Tuesday, The New York Times had not responded to a request for comment.
On Truth Social, Trump condemned the newspaper, claiming it consistently lies about him and serves as a virtual 'mouthpiece' for the Radical Left Democrat Party. This legal action follows Trump’s previous defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, which he filed in July over a report linking him to financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The lawsuit alleges that defendants published such statements negligently, with knowledge of the falsity of the statements, and/or with reckless disregard of their truth or falsity. As of early Tuesday, The New York Times had not responded to a request for comment.
On Truth Social, Trump condemned the newspaper, claiming it consistently lies about him and serves as a virtual 'mouthpiece' for the Radical Left Democrat Party. This legal action follows Trump’s previous defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, which he filed in July over a report linking him to financier Jeffrey Epstein.
