The Daily Beast reported last night that former President Donald Trump has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the New York Times, his own niece, Mary Trump and a number of reporters involved in a series of articles about his taxes:
Scoop: Donald suing Mary Trump and the Times for $100 million https://t.co/UmTkKPbBak
— Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) September 22, 2021
Details here:
Here is Donald Trump's new breach of contract/tortious interference lawsuit against Mary Trump and the New York Times: https://t.co/SuHBil2GDB
HT @maxwelltani https://t.co/30chf7Nvn3 pic.twitter.com/PFlWtAEiHq
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) September 22, 2021
Trump’s attorney argues in the complaint that the “defendants’ actions were motivated by a personal vendetta and their desire to gain fame, notoriety, acclaim and a financial windfall and were further intended to advance their political agenda”:
And he’s arguing Mary Trump had to be “convinced her to smuggle the records out of her attorney’s office and turn them over to The Times:
The lawsuit also argues the Mary Trump was not allowed to have access to these records:
Mary Trump responded to the lawsuit by calling he uncle a “f*cking loser”:
“I think he is a fucking loser, and he is going to throw anything against the wall he can,” said Mary Trump. "It's desperation. The walls are closing in and it's throwing anything against the wall that will stick." https://t.co/UmTkKPbBak
— Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) September 22, 2021
And the NYT called the lawsuit “an attempt to silence independent news organizations and we plan to vigorously defend against it”:
NY Times responds: "The Times's coverage of Donald Trump's taxes helped inform citizens through meticulous reporting on a subject of overriding public interest. This lawsuit is an attempt to silence independent news organizations and we plan to vigorously defend against it.” https://t.co/uLQaQEM4yo
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) September 22, 2021
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