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Trump Threatens New York Times, Penguin Random House over Critical Coverage

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A ten -page legal threat demands $10 billion in damages from the New York Times and Penguin Random House .

The letter is signed by the president-elect’s lawyer Edward Andrew Paltzik .

It accuses the Times of being “a full-throated mouthpiece of the Democratic Party ” that employs “industrial-scale libel against political opponents”.

The letter to the Times alleges that the newspaper had “every intention of defaming and disparaging the world-renowned Trump brand’s.

It lists fifty “businesses, projects, and brands” that Trump has “built, transformed, established, and revitalized” The letter cites “harm” to the value of Trump Media , the firm listed under the abbreviation DJT .