Donald Trump Loses Another Case, Ordered To Pay Almost $400,000 Over Frivolous Lawsuit Vs. New York Times

Former President Donald Trump's penchant for frivolous lawsuits has come back to haunt him as he loses another case, this time to the New York Times, which he tried suing again in his latest legal defeat.

This latest legal trouble for the former president stemmed from his frivolous lawsuit against the New York Times in 2021. He has now been ordered by a New York state judge to pay the newspaper $392,638.69 in legal fees after the court found the lawsuit to be frivolous.

Trump often sued companies and individuals who said bad things against him in an effort to silence or intimidate them. However, those who push back against these suits, such as the New York Times, often find themselves on the winning end after courts find these lawsuits to be frivolous.

"This just happened: A New York State judge has ordered Donald Trump to pay The New York Times $392,638.69 for legal fees connected to a frivolous lawsuit he brought against the paper, two of my colleagues and me," tweeted Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Susanne Craig soon after the verdict was made.

Trump sued the newspaper because of a piece that Craig wrote that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2019. In that story, she exposed that Trump was not actually a self-made millionaire as he claimed, but instead inherited millions from his father, real-estate mogul Fred Trump.

She also reported that Trump only paid $750 in federal income tax in 2016 and did not pay any federal taxes in 10 of the previous 15 years.

Along with the New York Times and Susanne Craig, the former president also sued senior writer David Barstow, investigative journalist Russell Buettner, various John Does, and "ABC Corporations 1 through 10." Also named in the suit is Mary Trump, his own niece, who has now become a critic of her uncle and wrote the anti-Trump book "Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man."

Donald Trump Loss Shows New York's New Anti-SLAPP Laws Protect Journalists

This latest case Trump lost was praised as a win for press freedom as the former president tried to suppress reporting on where his wealth actually came from, infamously trying to prevent the public from accessing his tax records while president.

In a statement to CNBC, New York Times spokesperson Danielle Rhoades Ha said that the order for legal costs issued in Manhattan Supreme Court "shows that the state's newly amended anti-SLAPP statute can be a powerful force for protecting press freedom."

"The court has sent a message to those who want to misuse the judicial system to try to silence journalists," she added. As for Trump's attorney, Alina Habba told CNBC, "We are disappointed that the NY Times is no longer in this matter."

Donald Trump Turning Legal Problems Into Campaign Spectacles

Despite losing case after case, Donald Trump still leads in the Republican primaries, with a massive lead against his nearest rival. The reason may be that he has turned his supporters against the rule of law and turned his trials into spectacles.

As the BBC noted, "Mr Trump is treating his court appearances as though they are campaign events, blending his legal defense with his re-election bid as a US presidential race like no other kicks into high gear."

By claiming that his legal problems are all part of a plot by Joe Biden to steal the 2024 election, even without any evidence, he has effectively made his cases into campaign tools as his supporters eat up whatever he is claiming, no matter how unbelievable.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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