Трамп подает иск против NYT и Penguin Random House на $15 млрд из-за клеветы о своих финансовых проектах Headline: Trump sues NYT and Penguin Random House for $15 billion over defamation regarding his financial ventures.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has initiated a $15 billion defamation lawsuit in a Florida federal court against The New York Times (NYT) and the publishing house Penguin Random House.

The lawsuit pertains to the book «Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created an Illusion of Success,» as well as three articles that Trump claims are «false, malicious, defamatory, and derogatory.» The plaintiff argues that these publications were intended to undermine his prospects in the upcoming 2024 presidential election.

The legal filing accuses the newspaper and publisher of damaging Trump’s professional and personal reputation, particularly affecting the financial outlook of Truth Social and the cryptocurrency venture TRUMP.

NYT defended itself by stating that the lawsuit lacks legal merit and is an attempt to suppress independent journalism. Penguin Random House also dismissed the allegations as baseless while affirming its support for the book and its authors.

In a recent piece, NYT journalists speculated that the projects involving the Trump family, including those in cryptocurrency, could be at odds with U.S. interests.

The article highlighted two significant deals involving the UAE government. The first involved direct investments from Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s MGX fund into the stablecoin World Liberty USD1. Notably, the entirety of its issuance was earmarked to finance a $2 billion transaction between the UAE and Binance.

The second agreement was reached merely two weeks later, whereby the Trump administration allowed the UAE to purchase hundreds of thousands of advanced and scarce computer chips, despite concerns about potential transfers to China. The NYT noted that representatives from the White House and World Liberty denied any connection between the two transactions.

Trump’s son Eric Trump, in an interview with CNBC, declined to comment on the conflict of interest raised in the NYT article.

«My father is the first president who hasn’t profited from the presidency. We have always been serial capitalists; we’ve always had businesses. Cryptocurrencies emerged out of necessity because we were all deprived of bank accounts, and we needed to find a new path,» he stated.

According to a financial disclosure released in June by the Office of Government Ethics, Donald Trump earned over $57 million from tokens associated with his DeFi project World Liberty Financial.

It’s worth noting that on September 1, the market capitalization of the WLFI token reached $8.3 billion following its listing on exchanges.