Trump Files $15 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Against The New York Times
The lawsuit names several articles and one book written by two of the publication’s journalists and published in the leadup to the 2024 election.
Banishing a Reporter: Trump Escalates Battle With Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Story
It’s the first time Trump has sued for defamation as a sitting president, and it’s not clear whether any president has done that in the past.
Paramount Will Pay $16 Million in Settlement With Trump Over ’60 Minutes’ Interview
The case was widely discussed and was being seen as a referendum on how far organizations would go to curry favor with Trump.
ABC Agrees To Give $15 Million to Trump’s Presidential Library to Settle Defamation Suit
As part of the settlement, ABC News posted an editor’s note to its website expressing regret over Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos’ statements.
Donald Trump Ordered To Pay The New York Times and Its Reporters Nearly $400,000
The decision shows the latest use of the state's newly amended anti-SLAPP statute, a law that bars baseless lawsuits designed to silence critics.
Trump’s Media Company Sues The Washington Post for Defamation, Requests $3.78B in Damages
Donald Trump’s media company which owns his Twitter-like platform, Truth Social, sued the Washington Post May 20 for $3.78 billion in damages, claiming a recently published article on the media company’s finances is defamatory.
Trump Files $475 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against CNN
The complaint filed Oct. 3 stated, “CNN has sought to use its massive influence – purportedly as a ‘trusted’ news source – to defame the Plaintiff in the minds of its viewers and readers for the purpose of defeating him politically, culminating in CNN claiming credit for ‘[getting] Trump out’ in the 2020 presidential election.”
Court Tosses Trump Campaign’s Defamation Suit Against the New York Times
The suit against the Times was part of a string of lawsuits the Trump campaign filed in 2020 against media companies. So far, two have been dismissed and one remains ongoing.