Judge throws out Trump's $15 billion lawsuit against New York Times

20/9/2025 6:30

A federal judge on Friday threw out U.S. President Donald Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times over its content, calling it a "decidedly improper and impermissible" effort to attack his adversaries.



U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday said Trump's complaint against the Times, four reporters and the publisher Penguin Random House was too long and burdensome, and violated a federal civil procedure rule by omitting a short and plain statement of why Trump should win.



He faulted the Republican president for instead packing the 85-page complaint with unnecessary attacks against critics, statements lauding his successes and "singular brilliance," and even a defense of his late father Fred Trump.