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US President Donald Trump launched a $15 cardinal defamation suit against the New York Times, accusing the insubstantial of being a “mouthpiece” for Democrats and of waging a decades-long "campaign of lies" against him.In a station connected Truth Social, the US president wrote: “Today, I person the Great Honor of bringing a $15 Billion Dollar Defamation and Libel Lawsuit against The New York Times, 1 of the worst and astir degenerate newspapers successful the History of our Country, becoming a virtual ‘mouthpiece’ for the Radical Left Democrat Party.”
Trump claimed the Times’ endorsement of Kamala Harris, which helium said was placed prominently connected the beforehand page, amounted to “the azygous largest amerciable Campaign contribution, EVER.”
He accused the insubstantial of spreading falsehoods astir him, his family, his business, and the America First movement.
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He added: “The New York Times has been allowed to freely lie, smear, and defame maine for acold excessively long, and that stops, NOW! The suit is being brought successful the Great State of Florida.”The president besides referenced what helium described arsenic past “successful litigation” against media outlets including ABC, CBS and Disney.
Past battles with ABC and CBS
Trump’s suit against the New York Times follows a drawstring of high-profile ineligible battles with large US broadcasters. Earlier this year, ABC News agreed to wage $15 cardinal towards the president’s planned room to settee a defamation claim. The lawsuit centred connected anchor George Stephanopoulos’ on-air remarks successful which helium inaccurately said Trump had been recovered liable for rape successful the E. Jean Carroll case. The web issued an editor’s enactment expressing regret and covered an further $1 cardinal successful ineligible fees.Paramount Global, the genitor institution of CBS, besides reached a colony aft Trump sued implicit what helium alleged was a deceptively edited interrogation with then-rival Kamala Harris aired connected 60 Minutes. The institution agreed to wage $16 million, again directed to Trump’s room task alternatively than to him directly. Trump’s ineligible squad described the result arsenic “a triumph for the American people” and proof, they argued, of wide misconduct successful mainstream media.Both settlements were struck successful national courts and avoided perchance damaging depositions.
