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Trump announces $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times for defamation, libel

President Donald Trump announced Monday he was bringing a $15 billion defamation and libel lawsuit against The New York Times over its support of the Democratic Party.

PresidentDonaldTrumpisbringinga$15billiondefamationandlibellawsuitagainstTheNewYorkTimes,accusingthepaperofbeingavirtual“mouthpiece”fortheDemocraticPartyandmakinganillegal“campaigncontribution”in2024toopponentKamalaHarris. TrumpannouncedthelawsuitlateMondayonTruthSocialandsaiditwouldbebroughtinFlorida.ThismarksyetanotherlegalactiontakenbythepresidentagainstamajormediaorganizationafterforcingsettlementswithABCNewsandCBSNewsoverthepastyear. “Today,IhavetheGreatHonorofbringinga$15BillionDollarDefamationandLibelLawsuitagainstTheNewYorkTimes,oneoftheworstandmostdegeneratenewspapersintheHistoryofourCountry,becomingavirtual‘mouthpiece’fortheRadicalLeftDemocratParty.IviewitasthesinglelargestillegalCampaigncontribution,EVER,”hewrote.“TheirEndorsementofKamalaHarriswasactuallyputdeadcenteronthefron