Donald Trump threatened to sue the New York Times a week ago, but hasn't yet filed suit. Though Trump’s threats have, so far, been empty, he’s received plenty of coverage for them and challenged an old journalistic convention in the process. But shortly after midnight, Trump campaign’s blasted out a letter ― not a lawsuit ― demanding the Times immediately retract the article and apologize. But given how Trump’s played the press before, his legal threats ― and sources who are only willing to relay them anonymously ― demand skepticism. Reporters "confirmed" last week Trump was "drafting" a "lawsuit" against NYT.

Source: Huffington Post October 19, 2016 20:03 UTC