Trump files $15 billion defamation lawsuit against New York Times

WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. President Donald Trump announced this week that he is filing a US$15 billion defamation and libel lawsuit against The New York Times, following the newspaper's reporting on his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The lawsuit comes just days after Trump threatened legal action over the paper's coverage of a sexually suggestive note and drawing linked to Epstein. "Today, I