President Donald Trump filed a $15 billion defamation and libel lawsuit against The New York Times and four of its reporters in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

The lawsuit targets several articles and a book authored by two Times journalists before the 2024 presidential election, alleging they are part of an ongoing “decades-long pattern” of intentional falsehoods against Trump.

The big picture: Trump’s legal team contends the articles and book contain numerous defamatory and disparaging claims based on distortion and fabrication. • The lawsuit asserts that Trump’s fortune was built on “business genius, creativity, perseverance, talent, authenticity, and other unique traits,” directly opposing Times’ claims that his success was due to luck, wrongdoing, or ex

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