Trump’s Truth Social Sues News Outlets Over Inaccurate Reporting

Published on November 21, 2023

Inaccurate reports from 20 media outlets defamed Truth Social and its parent company, a new lawsuit from former President Donald Trump’s firm says. The outlets reported on Nov. 13 that Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) and Truth Social had lost $73 million, citing a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). But the $73 million figure appeared nowhere in the filing. The outlets engaged in defamation, the suit, filed in Sarasota County, Florida circuit court, alleges. Some of the outlets corrected or otherwise updated their stories to reflect the fact they falsely reported the figure, but “none have retracted the defamatory articles, publicly apologized, or taken any other steps to ameliorate the continuing damage,” the suit states....