U.S. President Donald Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit towards The New York Occasions and 4 of its journalists on Monday, in keeping with courtroom paperwork.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Courtroom in Florida names a number of articles and one e-book written by two of the publication’s journalists and revealed within the lead-up to the 2024 election, saying they’re “a part of a decades-long sample by the New York Occasions of intentional and malicious defamation towards President Trump.”
“Defendants revealed such statements negligently, with data of the falsity of the statements, and/or with reckless disregard of their fact or falsity,” the lawsuit says.
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The New York Occasions didn’t instantly reply to an e-mail requesting remark early Tuesday.
In a Truth Social post asserting the lawsuit, Trump accused The New York Occasions of mendacity about him and defaming him, saying it has turn out to be “a digital ‘mouthpiece’ for the Radical Left Democrat Celebration.”
Trump has gone after different media retailers, together with submitting a $10 billion defamation lawsuit towards the The Wall Road Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch in July after the newspaper revealed a narrative reporting on his ties to rich financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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