The president is seeking $15 billion from the publication for libel and defamation
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Monday to announce that he has filed a $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times.
Trump wrote, “Today, I have the Great Honor of bringing a $15 Billion Dollar Defamation and Libel Lawsuit against The New York Times, one of the worst and most degenerate newspapers in the History of our Country, becoming a virtual “mouthpiece” for the Radical Left Democrat Party.”
This announcement comes shortly after The New York Times reported on a note with an explicit drawing for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, with a signature that looks a lot like President Trump’s. The publication published articles on how the signature resembles the President’s, while Trump has been steadfastly denying. The note came out in a batch of Epstein-related materials by the House Oversight Committee.
Danielle Rhoades Ha, a spokeswoman for The New York Times, responded in a statement published Wednesday: “Our journalists reported the facts, provided the visual evidence and printed the president’s denial. It’s all there for the American people to see and to make up their own minds about. We will continue to pursue the facts without fear or favor and stand up for journalists’ First Amendment right to ask questions on behalf of the American people.”
In the past, Trump has gone to court with a number of other news outlets and publications. Like the multi-billion dollar settlements he has done in the past against Disney’s ABC, and Paramount’s CBS networks.
“I am PROUD to hold this once respected “rag” responsible,” Trump said in the same Truth Social post, referring to the Times.
This would not be the first time the President and The New York Times have had a run in. In the past Trump would criticize the publications’ coverage, for their ‘biased’ reporting on his administration and family business relations.
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Tara Nguyen
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