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FIGHTING BACK: President Trump Sues Leftist Media Outlets Including the New York Times for Total...
• by Cullen LinebargerWhile President Trump is poised to return to the White House following his landslide election victory over Kamala Harris, he has not forgotten the multiple lies from corporate media outlets seeking to ruin his political career and life.
Columbia Journalism Review reported on Thursday that just days before the presidential election, Trump's lawyer, Edward Andrew Paltzik, sent a letter to the far-left New York Times and Penguin Random House demanding $10 billion in damages awarded to Trump for "false and defamatory statements." The letter points to specific statements about Trump in articles by Peter Baker, Michael S. Schmidt, Susanne Craig, and Russ Buettner.
The letter highlights two stories by Buettner and Craig are connected to their new book, "Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success." The CJR reports the letter also mentions an October 20 article by Baker titled "For Trump, a Lifetime of Scandals Heads Toward a Moment of Judgment," and an October 22 article by Schmidt with the title "As Election Nears, Kelly Warns Trump Would Rule Like a Dictator."
The letter accused the outlet of having "every intention of defaming and disparaging the world-renowned Trump brand that consumers have long associated with excellence, luxury, and success in entertainment, hospitality, and real estate, among many other industries, as well as falsely and maliciously defaming and disparaging him as a candidate for the highest office in the United States."
The Times responded in a curt statement on October 31 that it stood by its reporting.
The Trump campaign then filed a six-page complaint that same day with the Federal Election Commission, alleging that the Washington Post made illegal in-kind contributions to Harris's campaign over promoted stories. The Post has denied the claims.
CJR further reports that on November 5, lawyers for Trump's campaign co-chief Chris LaCivita sent a letter to the Daily Beast, saying the liberal outlet fibbed about LaCivita raising $22m to help Trump's re-election.