Donald Trump ordered to pay nearly $400,000 in legal fees to the “New York Times”

Former US President Donald Trump was ordered on Friday January 12 to pay $392,638 to the New York Times and to journalists from the daily newspaper for legal costs after having had his proceedings against them dismissed.

Donald Trump filed a complaint in September 2021 against the New York Timesaccusing three journalists from the daily of “sneaky plot” to obtain your tax documents. They published an investigation in 2018 that won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize.

In May 2023, a judge in the commercial division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York dismissed the real estate mogul and ordered him to pay costs. In a new decision rendered Friday, this judge considered ” reasonable “ the amount of attorney’s fees estimated by the New York Times and ordered Donald Trump to reimburse him in full at this amount.

Investigation explained how the former promoter, who claims to have made it on his own, had built his fortune. She assured that Donald Trump had in reality received from his father, over several years, the equivalent today of 413 million dollars which would have been partly transferred through a shell company, allowing them to escape tax.

The World with AFP

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