Trump campaign sues The New York Times for libel over Russia opinion article

cnbc.com ^ | February 26, 2020 | Dan Mangan

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Key Points

• President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign sued The New York Times for libel over a 2019 opinion piece.
• The campaign is seeking millions of dollars in damages for what it claimed was The Times’ false claims that the Trump campaign had “a conspiracy with Russia” during the 2016 election.
• The Manhattan Supreme Court suit claims the newspaper intended to hurt Trump’s chances of reelection in 2020.

 

President Donald Trump’s campaign sued The New York Times for libel over a March 2019 opinion article, saying the newspaper published its allegedly false claims with the “intentional purpose” of damaging Trump’s chances for reelection this year.

The campaign, which is seeking millions of dollars in damages, said The Times falsely reported “as fact a conspiracy with Russia” in the op-ed written by Max Frankel, which was published on March 27, 2019 under the headline “The Real Trump-Russia Quid Pro Quo.”

Frankel is a former executive editor of the newspaper.

The Times had no immediate comment on the lawsuit, which was filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan.

Reached at his home, Frankel declined to comment.

“No, I’m going to leave that to The Times,” he said.

Among other things, the suit alleges that the newspaper “has engaged in a systematic pattern of bias” against Trump’s campaign, which is designed to damage the campaign’s reputation and cause it to fail.

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“....seeking millions of dollars...”
I hope it’s thousands of millions! Billions! Put that bleeping miserable, traitorous, malignant Old Gray Lady out of her misery, once-and-for-all!