{"id":18001,"date":"2025-10-17T18:46:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=18001"},"modified":"2025-10-17T18:46:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:46:38","slug":"trump-refiles-15-billion-defamation-lawsuit-against-new-york-times-after-court-dismissal-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=18001","title":{"rendered":"Trump Refiles $15 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Against New York Times After Court Dismissal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"px-5 lg:px-0\">\n<div class=\"et-text_body-sm md:et-text_body-lg mb-4 mt-2 dark:text-[#EDEDED]\" data-testid=\"article-excerpt\">In the amended complaint, Trump accused the defendants of defaming him through two articles and a book published last year ahead of the presidential election.<\/div>\n<div class=\"theme-app-hidden my-4 flex items-center gap-4 print:hidden\" data-testid=\"post-default-social-buttons\">\n<div class=\"group\" 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and disparage\u201d his professional reputation.<\/div>\n<p>The lawsuit named NY Times reporters Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner, as well as NY Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker, among the defendants.<\/p>\n<div class=\" mt-0 mb-6 mx-auto text-center eet-ad clear-both print:!hidden\">\n<div class=\"w-full h-2 justify-center items-center gap-3 inline-flex\">\n<div class=\"grow shrink basis-0 h-px border-t border-gray-200 \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-neutral-500 text-xs font-normal\">Story continues below advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"grow shrink basis-0 h-px border-t border-gray-200 \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"relative flex justify-center text-center mx-auto mt-3\">\n<div id=\"inside_ad_336x280_1\" class=\"bg-[#EDEDED] flex items-center justify-center up-show\" data-google-query-id=\"CJ-77rXwq5ADFW0CTwgdQSkbgA\">\n<div class=\"default-creative-container\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.btloader.com\/safeFrame.html?upapi=true\" 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suit filed on Sept. 15\u2014and an unspecified amount of punitive damages, which will be determined upon trial.<\/div>\n<p>The Epoch Times reached out to The New York Times and Penguin Random House for comment, but did not receive a response by publication time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday previously tossed the original complaint due to its length, saying that it \u201cstands unmistakably and inexcusably athwart the requirements of Rule 8\u201d of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The judge then gave Trump 28 days to amend the lawsuit.<\/div>\n<p>The first complaint amounted to 85 pages.<\/p>\n<div class=\" mt-0 mb-6 mx-auto text-center eet-ad clear-both print:!hidden\">\n<div class=\"w-full h-2 justify-center items-center gap-3 inline-flex\">\n<div class=\"grow shrink basis-0 h-px border-t border-gray-200 \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-neutral-500 text-xs font-normal\">Story continues below advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"grow shrink basis-0 h-px border-t border-gray-200 \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"relative flex justify-center text-center mx-auto mt-3\">\n<div id=\"in_article_ads_0\" class=\"bg-[#EDEDED] flex items-center justify-center up-show\" data-google-query-id=\"CKylhOrxq5ADFc7ilAkd8PUPSQ\">\n<div class=\"default-creative-container\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.btloader.com\/safeFrame.html?upapi=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"upo-label\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"h-[0px] border-t border-gray-200 mt-3 mb-6 \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">A spokesperson for The New York Times previously told The Epoch Times that Trump\u2019s lawsuit was meritless and called it an attempt by the president to \u201cstifle and discourage independent reporting.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">In a Truth Social post announcing the initial filing on Sept. 15, Trump said The New York Times was \u201ca virtual mouthpiece for the radical left Democrat Party,\u201d citing its endorsement of then-Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential election.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\u201cThe New York Times has been allowed to freely lie, smear, and defame me for far too long, and that stops, NOW,\u201d the president said in his post.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Trump also filed a lawsuit against Paramount over CBS\u2019s \u201c60 Minutes\u201d interview with Harris, alleging that CBS edited the interview to benefit Harris in the election. Paramount paid $16 million to settle the lawsuit. Trump said in July that he anticipated another $20 million from Paramount\u2019s \u201cnew owners,\u201d which he said would come in the form of \u201cadvertising, PSAs [public service announcements], or similar programming.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the amended complaint, Trump accused the defendants of defaming him through two articles and a book published last year ahead of the presidential election. 40 33 SavePrint The New &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18001"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18003,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18001\/revisions\/18003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}