Trump Calls New York Times Story 'Treasonous,' Vows to Add to Lawsuit [View all]
Source: Newsweek
Published Jun 22, 2026 at 02:57 AM EDT updated Jun 22, 2026 at 07:50 AM EDT
President Donald Trump called reporting by The New York Times on the war against Iran "treasonous" and said he would add the report to his lawsuit against the newspaper.
"The way the Corrupt and Failing New York Times is covering stories on a very battered and beat up Iran, through FAKE & MADE UP ‘FACTS' is, in my opinion, ‘TREASONOUS,’" Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Sunday night. "I will be adding all of their false and ridiculous reporting to my multi Billion Dollar lawsuit against them. They are Criminals!"
Trump filed a $15 billion lawsuit, alleging defamation, against the Times in September last year, but a judge tossed it out days later, saying the 85-page complaint was full of "tedious and burdensome" language that had no bearing on the legal case.
He then filed an amended 40-page complaint with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in October, which named the newspaper, publisher Penguin Random House, investigative reporters Suzanne Craig and Russ Buettner and the newspaper’s chief White House correspondent, Peter Baker, as defendants.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/trump-calls-new-york-times-iran-story-treasonous-vows-add-lawsuit-12101843
Link to latest, referenced NYT article - What Changed After Almost Four Months of War? Analysts Say Not Much.
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