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Trump's Truth Social files $3.78
billion defamation suit against
Washington Post
Washington Post acted with ‘actual malice and reckless disregard for the truth; according to suit
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‘Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) have fled a defamation lawsuit against the
Washington Post fora staggering $3.78 billion
TMTG, the parent company to former President Trumos Truth Social, accused the Post of
running a "year-long crusade” against the company.
‘WaPo has been on a years Jong crusade against TMTG characterized by the concealment
of relevant information in its possessions bitterly onic truth for a publication whose
‘mottos ‘Democracy Des in Darkness" the cour filing sald
“The suit, led late Saturday n Sarasota County Florida, accused the Post of creating an
‘existential threat for TMTG, causing enormous loss" The lawsult put a spotight on Wil
Wilkerson, wh was one of TMTG's first employees but claimed the company volsted
security laws In an Oct. 2022 Post report. The same epor also suggested Trump
pressured executives to hand over shaes to his wife, and featured internal documents
that Wikerson shared with the pape.
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"Wikerson knew that WaPo eagerly published false stores about TMTG, Its CEO, Devin
‘Nunes (‘Nunes’) and, of couse, former President Donald Trump, Wilkerson contacted
WaPo with a salacious story about a pormfrendly bank and secure fraud. Through 2
series of meetings and conversations with Wikerson and his lawyers, WaPo undertook
with Wilkerson to publish agree false and defamatory statements to injure TMTG; the
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The lamsuit then pointed to @ May 2023 Post report headlined, "Tus linked to porn-
{rendly bank could gain a stake ln eure Truth Social’ which TMTGé legal team blasted
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"WaPo was not content with publication ofthe fase Statements to is 2,500,000
subscribers and republication tos 20,000,000 Twitter followers, The primary author of
the WaPo Article, Orew Harwell (Harwel), republished the Article to his 48,000 Tater
followers, which included correspondents at CNN, New York Times, NBC News, The
‘antic, Huffington Post, the Dally Beast, Susiness Insider, and the Guardian the lawsuit
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“tn order to futher spread the smear and increase the damage to TMTG, WaPo engaged
agents from both within and ouside the company to broadly republish the defamation”
the sut continued, scolding other Post reporters who shared the article on social meta
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PULITZER PRIZE GIVEN TO WASHINGTON POST, NEW YORK TIMES SHOULD BE TAKEN
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‘Te paper, owned by billonare Amazon founder Jeff Bez0s,decined comment
"We re not commenting on pending Iitgaton’ @ Washington Post spokesperson told Fox
News Digital,
‘The laweutt accuses the Post of misleading readers int thinking TMT executives were
criminals and painting the company ae filed with corporate malfeasance, according to the
"Readers concluded that TMTG andits executives could goto all because of the non