United States President Donald Trump has said he is bringing a $15bn “defamation and libel lawsuit” against The New York Times (NYT) over its coverage of his family and political movement, and cited reputational damage over the newspaper’s reporting regarding his relationship with disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“The New York Times has been allowed to freely lie, smear, and defame me for far too long, and that stops, NOW!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Monday, adding the lawsuit was being lodged in Florida’s district court.

Trump’s suit cites a series of NYT articles, including an editorial written before the 2024 presidential election, which said he was unfit for office.

Trump decried the newspaper as a “virtual ‘mouthpiece’ for the Radical Left De

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