Donald Trump has announced a $15 billion defamation and libel lawsuit against The New York Times, accusing the paper of waging a decades-long campaign of lies targeting him, his family, businesses, the America First movement, and MAGA supporters.

In a post on Truth Social, he called the lawsuit a response to what he labelled the “largest illegal campaign contribution ever,” arguing that the Times had effectively acted as a propaganda arm of the Democratic Party, especially by endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris on its front page—an endorsement he described as unprecedented.

Trump’s move comes days after his threat to sue over a Times report linking him to a sexually suggestive note and drawing allegedly given to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003, which bore his signature but has been denied by Trump and his aides.

Filed in federal court in Tampa, the complaint from Trump’s legal team alleges the Times systematically published “false, malicious, defamatory, and disparaging” reports intended to influence the presidential race and permanently damage his political legacy.

Trump has framed the lawsuit as part of his broader effort to “restore integrity to journalism,” escalating his long-running conflict with mainstream media while energising his supporters with claims of bias and institutional betrayal.

Based On ANI Report