Trump filed a $100 million lawsuit against the liberal paper and his niece, Mary Trump, in 2021 accusing them of "tortiously breaching and/or interfering with his contractual rights and otherwise maliciously conspiring against him" to obtain and publish his tax records in 2018. Trump’s claim against his estranged niece — that she breached a prior settlement agreement by giving tax records to the reporters — is still pending. Donald Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba, said they remain disappointed that the Times and its reporters were dropped from the case. Mary Trump has been an outspoken critic of her uncle and regularly appears on liberal cable news networks to bash him. The language confirms the Times "had actual knowledge that the Confidential Records were, in fact, confidential," according to the suit.

Source: New York Times January 13, 2024 23:41 UTC