{"id":2636830,"date":"2026-07-28T16:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-rules-against-new-york-times-gives-trump-a-second-chance-at-15-billion-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:42:21","slug":"federal-judge-rules-against-new-york-times-gives-trump-a-second-chance-at-15-billion-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-rules-against-new-york-times-gives-trump-a-second-chance-at-15-billion-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Judge Rules Against New York Times, Gives Trump a Second Chance at $15 Billion Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffederal-judge-rules-against-new-york-times-gives-trump-a-second-chance-at-15-billion-lawsuit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2636830&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the article reports that The New York Times has lost its recent legal attempt to dismiss President Donald Trump\u2019s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the publication. U.S. District Court Judge Steven D. Merryday has ordered Trump\u2019s legal team to file an amended complaint by August 27, after which The Times will have three weeks to respond. The lawsuit, filed in September, accuses The Times of acting with actual malice in repeatedly defaming Trump, his family, and the MAGA movement, particularly during the 2024 election. Trump claims the newspaper has a long history of lies and slander against him, aiming to damage his reputation, sabotage his presidential bid, and influence legal proceedings against him. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >case highlights ongoing tensions<\/a> between Trump and media outlets, with Trump vowing to hold the media accountable for what he describes as fake news.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The New York Times lost its latest bid to have President Donald Trump\u2019s $15 billion lawsuit against it thrown out.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Steven D. Merryday gave Trump\u2019s legal team until Aug. 27 to file an amended complaint, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zacharyfolk\/2026\/07\/27\/judge-doesnt-toss-trumps-15-billion-new-york-times-lawsuit-but-it-must-be-amended\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Merryday did not explain why the lawsuit needed to be revised.<\/p>\n<p>The judge\u2019s order said that after Trump\u2019s team files its amended complaint, the Times will have three weeks to respond to it.<\/p>\n<p>Trump filed the $15 billion lawsuit in September. Not long after it was filed, Merryday ordered Trump to refile the suit with winnowed-down language.<\/p>\n<p>The Times then sought to dismiss the suit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Failing New York Times, after 10 years of harassment, slander, and libel, just failed again in their desperate attempt to have our powerful Defamation Lawsuit against them dropped,\u201d Trump posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116994156371757363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we requested, the Highly Respected Judge has called for an updated complaint, which will lay out, in extreme detail, all the ways in which The Times has repeatedly and consistently acted, with actual malice in defaming me, my family, our Great MAGA Movement, and America, itself,\u201d the post said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to hold The Times and their \u2018comrades\u2019 in the Mainstream Media accountable for publishing, promoting, and dealing in Fake News,\u201d the post said<\/p>\n<p>In the initial <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.flmd.447437\/gov.uscourts.flmd.447437.1.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit<\/a>, Trump said in the 2024 election, he had to overcome \u201cpersistent election interference from the legacy media led most notoriously by The New York Times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll across our country, Americans from a wide array of backgrounds saw the truth about him and voted accordingly \u2014 the same truth that the New York Times refused to recognize as it continued spreading false and defamatory content about President Trump,\u201d the suit said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefendants\u2019 pre-election goal was to kill three birds with one stone: (a) damage President Trump\u2019s hard-earned and world-renowned reputation for business success, (b) in the process, sabotage his 2024 candidacy for President of the United States, and (c) prejudice judges and juries in the unlawful cases brought against President Trump, his family, and his businesses by his political opponents for purposes of election interference,\u201d the lawsuit said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the time of the initial filing, Trump called the Times \u201cone of the worst and most degenerate newspapers in the History of our Country, becoming a virtual \u2018mouthpiece\u2019 for the Radical Left Democrat Party\u201d in a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115211918198289404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump wrote that the Times\u2019 efforts against him go back well beyond the last election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe \u2018Times\u2019 has engaged in a decades long method of lying about your Favorite President (ME!), my family, business, the America First Movement, MAGA, and our Nation as a whole. I am PROUD to hold this once respected \u2018rag\u2019 responsible,\u201d Trump wrote, noting other lawsuits against media outlets including ABC and CBS in which the outlets \u201csettled for record amounts.\u201d As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/trump-announces-15-billion-lawsuit-against-the-new-york-times-defamation-libel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, ABC settled for $15 million; CBS for $30 million.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe New York Times has been allowed to freely lie, smear, and defame me for far too long, and that stops, NOW! The suit is being brought in the Great State of Florida. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 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