Trump refiles lawsuit against New York Times

The US President’s prior defamation claim against the newspaper had been dismissed for being “improper and impermissible.”

US President Donald Trump has refiled his $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, its journalists, and publisher Penguin Random House.

Trump initially lodged an 85-page complaint against the paper last month, alleging it had spread falsehoods about him for decades and functioned as a mouthpiece for the “Radical Left Democratic Party.” He claimed the publication was “one of the worst and most degenerate newspapers in the history of our country” and characterized its endorsement of his 2024 Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris, as “the single largest illegal campaign contribution, EVER.”

The new complaint, submitted on Thursday, spans exactly 40 pages and no longer includes original passages on Trump’s projected 2024 election victory and the “Russia Collusion Hoax.” The name of a reporter, Michael S. Schmidt, listed in the initial filing, has also been removed.

Trump’s legal representatives assert that statements published in The New York Times and the 2024 book *Lucky Loser*, issued by Penguin Random House, were “malicious, defamatory, and disparaging” towards his reputation and career achievements. The suit seeks both financial reparations and formal retractions of the allegations.
A spokesperson for Trump’s legal team stated that the president is “continuing to hold the Fake News responsible through this powerhouse lawsuit.”

New York Times spokesperson Danielle Rhoades Ha replied by stating the paper “will not be deterred by intimidation tactics.”