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Trump sues for billions from media he says is biased against him

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Donald Trump has been waging lawfare by a flurry of lawsuits against media companies and publishers that have been critical of him.

Trump 's lawyer Edward Andrew Paltzik issued a letter to the New York Times and Penguin Random House that demanded $ 10bn in damages over articles critical of Trump .

The letter joins a series of frivolous lawsuits against other media companies that Trump has accused of politically targeting him.

“The hostile media climate fostered during Donald Trump’s first presidency expected to continue in his forthcoming second term poses great risks to media inside and outside the country,” CPJ added. Echoing CPJ , Reporters Without Borders issued a similar statement following Trump ’s win, saying: “Attacking the press is really an attack on American citizens’ right to know. Trump ’s new administration can and must change its tune with the media and take concrete steps to protect journalists and develop a climate conducive to a robust and pluralistic news media.”.