(The Hill) - President Trump filed a lawsuit against The New York Times late Monday in Florida, accusing the paper and four of its reporters of defamation and libel.
The lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, listed several stories and a book written by two journalists before the 2024 presidential election, alleging they are part of the “decades-long pattern” by the Gray Lady of “intentional and malicious defamation against” the president.
“Overall, Defendants used the Book and the Articles to make numerous malicious, defamatory, and disparaging claims about President Trump based on distortion and fabrication," Trump’s legal team said, according to court documents. "The Book and the Articles recklessly disregard the truth that the Presiden