3 hours agoTrump sues New York Times for slander, takes 15 billion dollars.
Periskopi(9 months ago)
(9 months ago)U.S. President Donald Trump has indicted the prestigious newspaper The New York Times, four of its journalists and the hostage publishing house Random House, demanding damages of at least 15 billion dollars. Trump claims to have been the victim of slander and that his personal reputation has been damaged, but his business too. The indictment, [...]
The indictment, handed over to the Florida District Court, includes several newspaper writings, including an editorial ahead of the 2024 presidential elections that declared he was not worthy of the presidential post, as well as the book published by the hostage, titled <x0 losers: How Donald Trump squandered his father's wealth and created the illusion of success”.
In the submitted documents, Trump lawyers point out that the publications have been maliciously and filled with distortions, causing considerable economic and reputational damage.
The indictment came after Trump threatened last week that she would sue the paper for her reporting on a message and allegedly sexually suggestive drawing he had given Jeffrey Epstein. Trump admitted to sharing his ways with Epstein before his cases were made public in 2006, while Epstein died in 2019 in a prison cell in New York.
Through his Social Truth platform, Trump declared: “Today, I have a great honor to file a 15-billion dollar slander indictment against The New York Times.” He accused the paper of lying about him, his family, his businesses and the movements led by the Republicans, such as America First Movie and Make Great America (MAGA).
This is one of several legal shares of Trump against the media. Earlier this year, he indicted The Wall Street Journal and its publishers for reporting on a birthday wish for Epstein in 2003, demanding $10 billion in compensation. In July, the CBS mother company Paramount agreed to settle a judicial dispute following a lawsuit by Trump over the “60 Minutes” programme.
