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Judge hits Trump with massive bill over failed attempt to sue New York Times

Author:     Matthew Chapman
Source:     Raw Story
Publication Date:     12 January 2024 | 3:26 PM EST
 Link: Judge hits Trump with massive bill over failed attempt to sue New York Times
Stephan:  

I have found the failure to hold criminal Trump responsible for what he has done perhaps the most important political trend in today’s United States. How is it possible that a convicted rapist, guilty of scam after scam — university and steaks, for example — and indicted on over 90 felonies still be considered a politician millions of people want to vote for. My conclusion: the problem with America is Americans. Criminal Trump is just the leader of this pack. What is needed is a weekly string of convictions so that even the MAGAts are forced to see Trump for what he is. Can the courts do it? We are going to see.

Criminal Trump finally found responsible for something. Credit: David Dee Delgado / Getty

Former President Donald Trump has been ordered to pay nearly half a million dollars to The New York Times to cover legal fees involved in a lawsuit he filed against them, Times reporter Susanne Craig revealed Friday.

The lawsuit, which was filed against The Times, Craig and her fellow reporters David Barstow and Russ Buettner, along with the ex-president’s niece Mary Trump, alleged that the paper conspired in an “insidious plot” to obtain Trump’s tax returns.

That suit was thrown out last year, with New York State Justice Robert Reed saying the allegations “fail as a matter of constitutional law.”

In the latest decision, Reed ordered Trump to pay the newspaper $392,638.

All of this comes as Trump faces a barrage of other legal problems, including four criminal cases against him and multiple civil trials.

The Times released a bombshell report about Trump’s tax returns, which he had promised to release as a candidate but never did, in late 2020. That report revealed that Trump […]

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