US EditionTrump's $15 Billion NYT Lawsuit 'Belongs in the Trash'
Donald Trump alleges a deliberate campaign by The New York Times to prevent his 2024 election win, seeking $15 billion for damages from a book and articles he calls defamatory.
- On Monday evening, President Donald Trump initiated a $15 billion legal action accusing The New York Times of defamation related to a book and accompanying articles published during the 2024 election campaign.
- The lawsuit claims the Times and Penguin Random House intentionally published false, malicious material in the book Lucky Loser and three associated articles to damage Trump's reputation and finances after his 2024 election victory.
- Trump accuses the Times of a decades-long pattern of defamation and alleges the defendants desire his political and financial failure, while the complaint seeks compensatory damages of at least $15 billion and punitive damages.
- The Times and legal experts reject the suit as baseless, characterizing it as an attempt to stifle independent reporting, with critics calling the complaint frivolous and a full frontal attack on free speech.
- The case may lead to extensive discovery into Trump's finances, but given the 1964 NYT v. Sullivan actual malice standard, courts are likely to dismiss the lawsuit despite its potential to impose legal costs.
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World’s Sorest Winner: Trump Demands $15 Billion From NY Times For Not Fluffing His Ego Enough
Even by Donald Trump's standards for frivolous defamation lawsuits, this one is impressively stupid. On Monday, the president filed yet another lawsuit against the NY Times—this time seeking $15 billion over a book that claims he's not quite as successful a businessman as he pretends to be. The timing is almost comically bad. Trump is…
President Trump's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times is baseless, according to half a dozen lawyers and First Amendment experts who spoke to CNN.
By Brian Stelter and Liam Reilly, CNN President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times is without merit, according to a half-dozen lawyers and First Amendment experts who spoke to CNN. Trump’s chances in court are almost immaterial, some of the experts said, because the president appears to be seeking a political victory rather than a legal or financial one. Rebecca Tushnet, the Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Ha…
The New York Times described President Donald Trump’s lawsuit as an attempt to silence independent journalism. “It lacks any legitimate legal claim and, instead, it is an attempt to gag and discourage independent journalism. The New York Times will not be influenced by intimidation tactics,” the newspaper replied. Trump filed a $15 billion lawsuit against the daily for defamation and slander on Monday. In his new stage in the White House, the Re…
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