President Donald Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times on Monday for allegedly attempting to
President Donald Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times on Monday for allegedly attempting to undermine his character and his 2024 presidential candidacy with “actual malice.”
The lawsuit accused the Times of being a “full-throated mouthpiece of the Democrat Party” by publishing dozens of articles that promoted “falsehoods” about Trump to help former Vice President Kamala Harris win the election. Trump’s legal team alleged that these articles and a book written by two reporters were all “carefully crafted” with “actual malice” to impair Trump’s candidacy and his reputation.
“Whatever the historical merit of this self-congratulation, the Times has betrayed the journalistic ideals of honesty, objectivity, and accuracy that it once professed,” the lawsuit reads. “Today, the Times is a full-throated mouthpiece of the Democrat Party. The newspaper’s editorial routine is now one of industrial-scale defamation and libel against political opponents. As such, the Times has become a leading, and unapologetic, purveyor of falsehoods against President Trump on the legacy media landscape.”
The defendants named in the suit are The New York Times Company, Susanne Craig, Russ Buettner, Peter Baker and Michael S. Schmidt. The book in question, “Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success,” was written by Craig and Buettner.
