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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 filed in U.S. District Court in Florida names
several articles and one book written by two of the
publication's journalists and published in the lead up to the
2024 election, saying they 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 the falsity of the statements, and/or with reckless
disregard of their truth or falsity," the lawsuit says.
The New York Times did not immediately respond to an email
requesting comment early Tuesday.
In a Truth Social post announcing the lawsuit, Trump accused The
New York Times of lying about him and defaming him, saying it
has become “a virtual ‘mouthpiece’ for the Radical Left Democrat
Party.”
Trump has gone after other media outlets, including filing a $10
billion defamation lawsuit against the The Wall Street Journal
and media mogul Rupert Murdoch in July after the newspaper
published a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier
Jeffrey Epstein.
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