Redeem now - Donald Trump owes The New York Times and three of its reporters nearly $400,000, a judge ruled.
- The fee decision stems from a 2021 lawsuit Trump filed against the outlet over stories about his taxes.
- A New York judge dismissed the suit in May 2023 and is ordering Trump to pay the outlet's legal fees.
Donald Trump owes The New York Times and three of its reporters nearly $400,000 in legal fees stemming from a lawsuit the former president filed against the newspaper which a judge dismissed last year.
Justice Robert Reed of the State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Friday saddled Trump with a $392,638.69 bill, ordering the former president to pay the outlet and journalists' accumulated attorney's fees and legal expenses.
Trump sued The Times in 2021, accusing the paper and three of its journalists of conspiring with his niece, Mary Trump, to gain access to his tax records for several stories about the then-president's finances which were published by the outlet in 2018.
Mary Trump has been an outspoken critic of her uncle, including accusing him of being an unfit leader.
Reed dismissed Trump's suit last May. But it wasn't until this week that Trump was given the exact amount he now owes as a result of the case.
Susanne Craig, one of the Times reporters named in Trump's original suit, shared the Friday fee decision on X with a thumbs up emoji.
This just happened: A New York State judge has ordered Donald Trump to pay The New York Times $392,638.69 for legal fees connected to a frivolous lawsuit he brought against the paper, two of my colleagues and me.👍https://t.co/17TJesOEn5
— Susanne Craig (@susannecraig) January 12, 2024A separate lawsuit Trump filed against his niece related to his taxes is ongoing. Specifically, the lawsuit accuses Mary Trump of violating confidentiality when she gave information about Trump's 2018 taxes to The New York Times.
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