President Trump on Monday announced that he is filing an amended complaint in which he will “lay out, in extreme detail,” numerous offenses in his $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times.
This comes after US District Judge Steven Merryday declined the Times’ request to toss the case out on Monday.
Trump said the Times “failed again in their desperate attempt to have our powerful Defamation Lawsuit against them dropped.”
Per Bloomberg:
The federal judge in Florida overseeing President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times has deferred ruling on the newspaper’s request to toss the case, and instead is allowing Trump to revise his complaint.
The president has until Aug. 27 to file an amended suit, US District Judge Steven Merryday ruled Monday, giving Trump’s lawyer a chance to clear up potential deficiencies. The New York Times will then have three weeks to file a “succinct” response, the judge said.
Full statement below:
BREAKING NEWS: The Failing New York Times, after 10 years of harassment, slander, and libel, just failed again in their desperate attempt to have our powerful Defamation Lawsuit against them dropped. As we requested, the Highly Respected Judge has called for an updated complaint, which will lay out, in extreme detail, all the ways in which The Times has repeatedly and consistently acted, with actual malice in defaming me, my family, our Great MAGA Movement, and America, itself.
We will continue to hold The Times and their “comrades” in the Mainstream Media accountable for publishing, promoting, and dealing in Fake News. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Trump’s original $15 billion lawsuit, filed in a Florida federal court, against the New York Times was struck down in September. Trump refiled the lawsuit in October.
Last month, Trump went off on the New York Times in a statement, writing that he would add their “FAKE & MADE UP” coverage of the Iran war to his lawsuit. He further labeled the authors of a piece “criminals,” slamming them for “TREASONOUS” coverage of the war.
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