Trump Pays New York Times $400,000 In Failed Lawsuit

The Daily Beast reports:

Donald Trump has paid almost $400,000 to The New York Times to cover the newspaper’s legal costs in his failed lawsuit against the publication and its reporters over the disclosure of his tax records in a 2018 article.

A judge last month ordered the former president to pay up after his case was dismissed in May 2023 on the grounds that the reporting had been protected by the New York Constitution.

Journalists David Barstow, Susanne Craig, and Russ Buettner won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting for their series on Trump’s finances.

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The former president was ordered to cover the Gray Lady’s legal costs last month. https://t.co/3HkOkCP2DQ

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 27, 2024