NOVEMBER 15th 2022: A New York State judge dismisses a lawsuit brought against former President Donald Trump by his niece, Mary Trump, claiming inheritance fraud. – File Photo by: zz/KGC-375/STAR MAX/IPx 2019 6/5/19
A judge in New York has ordered Donald Trump to fork over nearly $400,000 in legal fees underpinning a now-dismissed lawsuit he brought against the newspaper and a trio of its reporters when they published a bombshell series of reports on his history of tax schemes and “riches” reaped from his father.
The order was first reported by Times reporter Susanne Craig, one of the report’s authors. Per the order, fees are also due to reporters David Barstow and Russ Buettner.
The claim from Trump was dismissed by a New York Supreme Court judge last May, who found that reporters were “entitled to engage in legal and ordinary news-gathering activities without fear or tort liability — as their actions are at the very core of protected first amendment activity.”
This story is developing.
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