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Claim

Claim 487

Trump filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on September 15, 2025; the docket entry for the complaint is dated 09/15/2025.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
Trump filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on September 15, 2025; the docket entry for the complaint is dated 09/15/2025.
Field
occurred_on
Value
2025-09-15
About
incident 2025-trump-sues-new-york-times-15-billion
Source
Trump v. New York Times Company, 8:25-cv-02487 (M.D. Fla.) archived copy
Publisher
Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse
Method
court record
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
high
Status
current
Source date
2025-09-15

Quotation from the source

On September 15, 2025, Donald Trump filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida against the New York Times Company, Penguin Random House LLC, and individual authors.