Trump updates defamation suit against The New York Times

President Trump updated his defamation lawsuit against The New York Times and the book publisher Penguin Random House on Thursday, expanding on his argument that several reporters had disparaged his record as a businessman in articles and a book about him.

The new filing adds specific claims of inaccuracies to a lawsuit that Mr. Trump first filed last year over the articles and the book, which was written by two Times journalists. Lawyers for Mr. Trump said then that the reporting was “specifically designed to try and damage Mr. Trump’s business, personal and political reputation” ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. They asked for $15 billion in damages.

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