Trump 'wrong on the facts' in $15 billion defamation suit, NYT editor says
The New York Times is confident it can defeat President Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit, the paper’s executive editor Joseph Kahn said Thursday at an Axios Media Trends Live event.
Why it matters: The paper is aggressively defending itself at a time critics accuse some other media organizations of not standing up to the administration.
What they’re saying: “Well he’s wrong on the facts. He’s wrong on the law and we’ll fight it, and we’ll win,” he told Axios’ Sara Fischer.
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