U.S. President Donald Trump speaks throughout an occasion to signal a memorandum to ship federal sources to Memphis, Tennessee, for a surge in opposition to native crime, within the Oval Workplace on the White Home in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 15, 2025.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday filed a $15 billion lawsuit in opposition to The New York Occasions, alleging defamation and libel, and calling the newspaper a “mouthpiece” for the Democratic celebration.
In a publish on Reality Social, Trump attacked the newspaper for being “a digital ‘mouthpiece’ for the Radical Left Democratic Social gathering,” whereas accusing it of creating false statements about him, his household and enterprise, with out elaborating on the allegations.
The lawsuit swimsuit has been introduced within the state of Florida, Trump stated, with out offering additional particulars.
Final week, Trump had threatened to sue the Occasions for its reporting on a sexually aggressive be aware and drawing that was given to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and appeared to have been signed by Trump.
The White Home has denied that Trump was concerned within the creation of the be aware, calling it a fabrication.
The Occasions didn’t instantly reply to CNBC’s request for feedback.
“The New York Occasions has been allowed to freely lie, smear, and defame me for much too lengthy, and that stops, NOW!” Trump stated.
Within the publish, he additionally talked about his lawsuits in opposition to ABC Information and anchor George Stephanopoulos, in addition to Paramount over its 60 Minutes interview with the previous Vice President Kamala Harris. These instances led to $15 million and $16 million settlement fee, respectively.
Trump has introduced a $10 billion defamation swimsuit in opposition to The Wall Road Journal for its article linking him to the Epstein be aware printed.
The Journal’s article stated that the letter purportedly written by Trump to Epstein in 2003 was amongst paperwork reviewed by prison investigators who in the end constructed prison instances in opposition to Epstein and his convicted procurer, Ghislaine Maxwell, who reportedly solicited the letter from the president.
— CNBC’s Dan Mangan contributed to this report.
