Alleged defamation
For the time being, the US court stops Trump billion against the “New York Times”
Donald Trump wanted to sue the “New York Times” at $ 15 billion because she supposedly reports too one -sided. But nothing becomes of it at first.
A US court has initially rejected the billion-dollar lawsuit by US President Donald Trump against the “New York Times”. The application is too detailed and too long and therefore does not correspond to the requirements, judge Steven Merryday justified his decision. He admitted Trump 28 days to revise the letter.
Merryday argued that the application must be “fair, precise, direct, sober”. In the previous version, the lawsuit comprises 85 pages, although it only claims two cases of defamation. “A complaint is not a megafon for public relations, no podium for passionate speeches at political rallies and also no functional equivalent to the Hyde Park Speakers’ Corner,” wrote the judge. He asked Trump to limit the new version to a maximum of 40 pages.
Trump accuses “New York Times” of defamation
Trump announced at the beginning of the week that he was suing the newspaper and several of her journalists for alleged defamation before the court in the state of Florida. He accuses the “New York Times” of deliberately and maliciously defamed him before the presidential election 2024 “, as can be seen from the corresponding court document. The Republican demands $ 15 billion (around 12.7 billion euros).
The “New York Times” rejected Trump’s lawsuit as unfounded. “It lacks any legitimate legal basis and is rather an attempt to suppress and prevent independent reporting,” said a spokesman. “The” New York Times “will not be put off by intimidation tactics.” One will continue to research without fear and to stand up for the constitutionally anchored right of journalists to ask questions in the interests of the American people.
The case is one of several who have fueled a debate about press and freedom of expression in the United States in the past few days. It is also not Trump’s first lawsuit against US media: in the past he had already made complaints against the channels CBS and ABC. In both cases, the pages agreed on a comparison in the millions. Critics see an attack on freedom of the press in the complaints.
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Source: Stern
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