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Trump to file $15 billion defamation and libel lawsuit against New York Times

Donald Trump alleges a decades-long campaign of false reporting by The New York Times, claiming $15 billion in damages for defamation harming his reputation and business interests.

  • President Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, accusing it of engaging in a decades-long campaign of malicious defamation against him.
  • The lawsuit cites articles and a book published before the 2024 election as evidence of the alleged defamation.
  • Trump criticized The New York Times for its endorsement of Kamala Harris, referring to the paper as a 'mouthpiece' for the Radical Left.
  • The suit names several journalists and claims the newspaper has harmed Trump's reputation and business interests.
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U.S. President Donald Trump filed a $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times on Monday for defamation and slander. In his new stage in the White House, the 79-year-old Republican president stepped up his usual hostility towards traditional media, repeatedly attacking critical journalists, restricting their access, or whining against them. The New York newspaper had already advanced last week that Trump had threatened to take legal action f…

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US President Donald Trump filed a $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times on Monday for defamation and slander.

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NBC Bay Area broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Monday, September 15, 2025.
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