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President Donald Trump declared success Monday after a federal judge approved his request to revise his $15 billion defamation lawsuit targeting The New York Times. Trump posted a statement on Truth Social celebrating the ruling, saying the judge had agreed to allow an updated complaint that would detail allegations of malice against the news organization and its reporters.
According to court documents filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Tampa, Trump’s legal team has until August 27 to submit the amended complaint. The original lawsuit centers on decades of reporting by the Times, encompassing coverage of Trump’s reality television show “The Apprentice” and investigations into his financial dealings and tax practices.
The defendants named in the case include The New York Times Company, reporters Susanne Craig, Russ Buettner, Peter Baker, and Michael S. Schmidt, as well as Penguin Random House, the publisher of a biography by Craig and Buettner titled “Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success.”
A Times representative reiterated the newspaper’s position that the lawsuit lacks merit and represents an attempt to suppress independent journalism. The Times stated it would not be deterred by what it characterized as intimidation tactics designed to generate publicity rather than achieve legal redress.
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