'There will be more coming': Trump signals additional libel lawsuits after suing New York Times
Well, this should be interesting. It looks like the NY Times is ready to go to court.
Trump campaign files libel suit against New York Times over Russia story
There could be other lawsuits coming against newsrooms from the White House.
During a press conference on Wednesday night, President Trump was asked about his libel lawsuit against the New York Times over an opinion piece published on March 27 that accused him of working with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump doubled down on his support for filing a libel lawsuit over opinion pieces and claimed he may file more in the future.
“Well, when they get their opinion totally wrong, as the New York Times did, and, frankly, they've got a lot wrong over the last number of years, so we’ll let that work its way through the courts,” Trump said.
He added, “If you read it, you’ll see it’s beyond an opinion. That’s not an opinion. That’s something much more than an opinion. They did a bad thing, and there will be more coming.”
The president's lawsuit said the New York Times "knowingly published false and defamatory statements" about him, including unsubstantiated accusations that the White House had "an overarching deal" with "Vladimir Putin's oligarchy" to start “a new pro-Russian foreign policy, starting with relief from the Obama administration’s burdensome economic sanctions.”
Well, this should be interesting. It looks like the NY Times is ready to go to court.
A representative from the New York Times said, "The Trump campaign has turned to the courts to try to punish an opinion writer for having an opinion they find unacceptable. Fortunately, the law protects the rights of Americans to express their judgments and conclusions, especially about events of public importance. We look forward to vindicating that right in this case."
Trump campaign files libel suit against New York Times over Russia story
The opinion piece was headlined, “The Real Trump-Russia Quid Pro Quo” with a subhead adding, “The campaign and the Kremlin had an overarching deal: help beat Hillary Clinton for a new pro-Russian foreign policy.” Quid pro quo is a Latin term meaning a favor in exchange for a favor.
The lawsuit originated with the Trump re-election campaign, but Trump himself has contended the Times has at times been biased against him.
Trump often refers to various news media outlets as “fake news” and has called elements of the U.S. news media “the enemy of the American people.”