Trump sues New York Times, publisher for $15 billion in defamation lawsuit

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00:00President Trump is suing The New York Times, its publisher Penguin Random House,

00:04and several reporters for $15 billion in a defamation and libel lawsuit.

00:12The suit filed Monday in federal court accuses The Times of damaging Trump's personal and business

00:19reputation through a series of articles and a book published last year. A lawsuit obtained

00:24by The Washington Post claims three articles, including a pre-election editorial claiming

00:30Trump was unfit for office and a book by Penguin titled Lucky Loser, How Donald Trump Squandered

00:36His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success. Trump's lawyers claim the coverage caused

00:41significant harm, including a drop in the stock price of Trump Media and Technology Group.

00:48The Times responded Tuesday, calling the lawsuit without merit and vowing to continue to pursue

00:53the facts without fear or favor. The lawsuit comes days after Trump threatened legal action

00:59over a Times story on a bawdy 50th birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein, allegedly bearing Trump's

01:05signature from 2003 before he was president. Trump denies any wrongdoing and says he cut

01:11ties with Epstein before his legal issues began in 2006. The president announced the legal action

01:17against The Times in a Truth Social post, marking his latest legal move against media outlets he claims

01:23are biased. Earlier this year, Trump sued The Wall Street Journal for $10 billion over the same

01:29Epstein note. In July, he settled a $16 million lawsuit against CBS parent company Paramount over an

01:36edited 60 Minutes interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. And last December, he reached a $15

01:42million settlement with ABC News over comments made by anchor George Stephanopoulos. For more

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