Donald Trump Ordered to Pay New York Times $400,000 for Frivolous Lawsuit

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : "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," Susanne Craig tweeted on Friday.
40% : A New York state judge on Thursday ordered Donald Trump to pay $392,638.69 in legal fees for The New York Times and three Times writers stemming from a "frivolous" 2021 lawsuit that had already been dismissed.
33% : The next year, she reported that Trump paid only $750 federal income tax in 2016 and did not pay any federal taxes in 10 of the previous 15 years.
27% : "The case, which Trump filed in 2021, was dismissed on May 3, 2023.
26% : Trump is due back in court in New York City on Tuesday for his second rape defamation trial.
21% : Trump also sued the newspaper, senior writer David Barstow, investigative Russell Buettner, various John Does and "ABC Corporations 1 through 10."
17% : Trump accused the paper of being part of an "insidious plot" with his estranged niece to improperly obtain his confidential tax records.

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