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Federal Judge Rejects Trump's $15 Billion New York Times Defamation Complaint in Its Current Form

The order addresses procedural defects, granting 28 days to submit a shorter amended complaint.

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Donald Trump réclame 15 milliards de dollars au New York Times.

Overview

  • U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday struck the 85-page filing as inappropriate and not receivable in its present form, faulting unsubstantiated allegations and florid detail.
  • Any amended complaint must be filed within 28 days and be no longer than 40 pages.
  • Trump’s suit targets the New York Times, four of its journalists, and a publishing house over a book and three articles he calls false and defamatory.
  • The complaint seeks $15 billion in damages, and the Times welcomed the swift ruling, calling the filing a political document rather than a serious legal claim.
  • The case follows a separate July defamation action against the Wall Street Journal, with both suits tied to coverage of a 2003 birthday letter attributed to Trump and addressed to Jeffrey Epstein.