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LetMyPeopleVote

(169,721 posts) Tue Sep 16, 2025, 01:00 AM Yesterday

Donald Trump says he is bringing $15bn lawsuit against New York Times

Source: The Guardian

Donald Trump says he has brought a $15bn lawsuit against the New York Times, alleging defamation and libel.

In a social media post late on Monday, the US president accused the newspaper of a “decades long method of lying about your Favorite President (ME!), my family, business, the America First Movement, MAGA, and our Nation as a whole”.

The president singled out the New York Times endorsement of Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election and said the paper had become a “virtual ‘mouthpiece’ for the Radical Left Democrat Party.”

The lawsuit was being brought in Florida, he said, without providing further details. Reuters reported a court filing showed Trump suing the newspaper.

He cited previous examples of lawsuits brought against ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos, as well as Paramount over its 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris. Both cases were settled for $15m and $16m respectively.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/16/donald-trump-says-he-is-suing-new-york-times-15bn-lawsuit-against-newspaper-ntwnfb


Donald Trump says he is bringing bn lawsuit against New York Times

US president says he is bringing defamation and libel action in Florida against the newspaper, accusing it of being a ‘virtual mouthpiece’ for Democrats

— Mr. Fahrenheit (@mrfahrenheit.bsky.social) 2025-09-16T04:50:32.740Z
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Donald Trump says he is bringing $15bn lawsuit against New York Times (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday OP
great! he will have to testify in public, under oath nt msongs Yesterday #1
This lawsuit was filed LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #2
Newspapers and media should be saying a hell of a lot more negative news about trump than they currently are. C Moon Yesterday #3
Also, too fuck Krasnov it's virtually thomski64 Yesterday #5
shithole really has a problem.............. Lovie777 Yesterday #4
As he fails at everything he does these spectacular Klarkashton Yesterday #6
He's scaring them into becoming Fox News Times BaronChocula Yesterday #7
Just another drumpf shakedown attempt JoseBalow Yesterday #8
Again? mwmisses4289 Yesterday #9
Why fuck around? Woodycall Yesterday #10
They take the same oath that our Congress critters ignore. travelingthrulife 17 hrs ago #15
And yet none of them has uttered the words domestic enemy, which in the oath's. nt Hotler 17 hrs ago #16
The DNC should sue TSF and JD for libel and defamation. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #11
When did the NY Times slander George Washington?? AZ8theist Yesterday #12
Some items bmichaelh 23 hrs ago #13
sanction and disbar his lawyers moonshinegnomie 17 hrs ago #14
Treble damages for frivolous suits and no_hypocrisy 17 hrs ago #17
Statement from the NYT on this lawsuit LetMyPeopleVote 15 hrs ago #18
MaddowBlog-Why Trump's new civil suit against The New York Times is so bizarre LetMyPeopleVote 12 hrs ago #19
And the reports are from before the election Captain Zero 10 hrs ago #24
Tough shit, NY Times. Paladin 12 hrs ago #20
Insanity that is part and parcel of Trump's "Fat Elvis phase"... keep_left 11 hrs ago #21
trump filed in Florida federal court hoping to get Cannon assigned this case LetMyPeopleVote 11 hrs ago #22
'Must... have... more... beautiful... money. Oeditpus Rex 11 hrs ago #23
So media outlets will get sued if they endorse Democrats. thought crime 8 hrs ago #25
Why doesn't he just fucking die already? Orrex 3 hrs ago #26

LetMyPeopleVote

(169,721 posts)
2. This lawsuit was filed
Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 01:11 AM
Yesterday


Here is a link to the filing
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flmd.447437/gov.uscourts.flmd.447437.1.0.pdf
trump is represented by a four attorney firm, an 8 attorney firm in Houston that I have never heard of and a solo firm.

Part of the claims were brought in another lawsuit that trump lost and had to pay attorney fees


C Moon

(13,173 posts)
3. Newspapers and media should be saying a hell of a lot more negative news about trump than they currently are.
Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 01:12 AM
Yesterday

He should count his blessings that they are letting him off easy.

thomski64

(720 posts)
5. Also, too fuck Krasnov it's virtually
Reply to C Moon (Reply #3)
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 01:19 AM
Yesterday

Impossible to report a negative story about this insufferable prick, that isn't true ...

Lovie777

(20,196 posts)
4. shithole really has a problem..............
Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 01:14 AM
Yesterday

actually the whole republican party has a problem and is slowly blowing up in their faces. Unfortunately they are trying to take the USA down with them.

Klarkashton

(3,967 posts)
6. As he fails at everything he does these spectacular
Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 01:31 AM
Yesterday

Stunts to create chaos.

This is all so boring.

BaronChocula

(3,314 posts)
7. He's scaring them into becoming Fox News Times
Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 01:32 AM
Yesterday

And it just might work even though the lawsuits are trash. Big money bends to this guy like a twig.

Woodycall

(560 posts)
10. Why fuck around?
Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 02:15 AM
Yesterday

Why not 15 trillion? Hell, why not 15 quadrillion??

Fucking insane asshole who just happens to command the most powerful military that has ever existed in the history of the fucking planet

Where in the fuck are our military leaders? Didn't they take some kind of oath to something or other??

bmichaelh

(941 posts)
13. Some items
Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 04:01 AM
23 hrs ago

1. Trump must want Cannon to be judge. He tried that with Wall Street Journal case but got Darrin Gayles instead.

2. NY Times is not a mouthpiece of Democratic Party. They published plenty of stories critical of Biden.

no_hypocrisy

(53,039 posts)
17. Treble damages for frivolous suits and
Reply to moonshinegnomie (Reply #14)
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 09:50 AM
17 hrs ago

penalties for attorneys.

Only thing that could go wrong: liability insurance carrier tells NYT to settle.

LetMyPeopleVote

(169,721 posts)
19. MaddowBlog-Why Trump's new civil suit against The New York Times is so bizarre
Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 02:11 PM
12 hrs ago

Americans have never had a president who, while in office, sued independent news organizations for publishing reports the White House disapproved of.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-new-york-times-lawsuit-rcna231651

About a week ago, for reasons that were not altogether clear, Donald Trump threatened to sue The New York Times. Evidently, the president wasn’t kidding. NBC News reported:

President Donald Trump on Monday filed a federal defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, four of its reporters and Penguin Random House over coverage of his 2024 campaign. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, which covers the area where Trump resides outside the White House, accused the newspaper of attempting to ruin his reputation as a businessman, sink his campaign and prejudice judges and juries against him in coverage of his campaign.


......Right off the bat, it’s important to note that describing the court filing as a “lawsuit” is itself generous. As writer Jesse Berney summarized, the lawsuit is “like an 85-page Trump Truth Social post. It’s hilarious.”

That characterization is more than fair. Reading it, I felt a little embarrassed for the lawyers who were responsible for producing it, especially after seeing random Trump-related images that seemed to have been included in this dreadfully silly document for no apparent reason.

There’s no reason to think the case will succeed. For that matter, Trump’s attorneys should hope they avoid sanctions for having filed such an absurdity in the first place......

The volume of cases might make it seem as if this has become routine, but the broader circumstances remain bizarre: Americans have never had a president who, while in office, sued independent news organizations for publishing reports the White House disapproved of.

And yet, Trump can’t seem to stop suing independent news organizations for publishing reports the White House disapproves of.

This lawsuit is truly bizarre and the lawyers involved should be sanctioned or disbarred. Again, one of the firms is based in Houston and no one at my firm has heard of them.

Captain Zero

(8,403 posts)
24. And the reports are from before the election
Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #19)
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 05:01 PM
10 hrs ago

And MeidasTouch says he filed them now as an INDIVIDUAL, if so, he has NO IMMUNITY.
Per his Supreme Bootlickers.

AND now Could be countersued. ??

Paladin

(31,600 posts)
20. Tough shit, NY Times.
Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 02:46 PM
12 hrs ago

Serves you right, for your non-stop minimizing of what a mortal threat trump is to our democracy and to our way of life.

I'm sure Ross Douthat and David Brooks would disagree with the foregoing. Ask me if I give a fuck, NYT.

keep_left

(3,067 posts)
21. Insanity that is part and parcel of Trump's "Fat Elvis phase"...
Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 03:21 PM
11 hrs ago

...as President. Here's a recap from an earlier posting about the lawsuit (which was locked).

Trump has now undeniably reached his "Fat Elvis" phase. Bizarre late-night tirades on "'Truth' Soclal", calling for the arrests of everyone from Soros to Obama, sundowning in the middle of the day (he couldn't remember who Melissa Hortman was--you know, the other most recent political assassination)...the only things missing are the tacky white jumpsuits and trashed hotel rooms!

https://democraticunderground.com/10143531071#post9

Oeditpus Rex

(42,716 posts)
23. 'Must... have... more... beautiful... money.
Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 03:42 PM
11 hrs ago

Who... can... I... sue...?"

This one will get tossed out of court, too.

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