Donald Trump announced Monday that he has filed a $15 billion defamation and libel lawsuit against The New York Times, intensifying his long-running feud with the newspaper.
In a post on Truth Social, 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. I view it as the single largest illegal Campaign contribution, EVER.”
Trump accused the newspaper of engaging in a “decades long method of lying” about him, his family, and the “America First Movement.” He added that the suit was being filed in Florida and compared it to other legal battles, claiming he had secur