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Donald Trump has paid $392,000 to The New York Times to cover the legal costs from his failed lawsuit against the newspaper and its journalists over a 2018 investigation into his finances that included confidential tax records, a spokesman for the Times told CNN on Monday.

(CNN) — Donald Trump has paid $392,000 to The New York Times to cover the legal costs from his failed lawsuit against the newspaper and its journalists over a 2018

I mean, there was no way not to see this coming. Last year we wrote about how Trump had lost his vexatious lawsuit against the NY Times regarding its interactions with his niece, Mary Trump. Mary had leaked some tax documents to the NY Times, and Trump sued the Times, arguing (laughably) that this constituted…

The same New York state judge dismissed Trump's 2021 lawsuit against the paper and three of its journalists for their Pulitzer Prize-winning series on his finances.

By Maria Sole Campinoti and Rob Frehse, CNN

 

The former president was ordered to reimburse The New York Times and three Pulitzer-winning journalists $392,638.69 in legal fees

The judge in the case dismissed Trump's lawsuit last year.

A judge dismissed his lawsuit against the newspaper last year after finding its investigation into tax filing was protected by the First Amendment

Alina Habba, an attorney for Donald Trump, said that they intend to hold Mary Trump accountable for her blatant breach of confidentiality obligations.