- Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal
The president sued the media mogul and the WSJ 一 the business and finance newspaper owned by Murdoch 一 during late July in another case of defamation and libel for a report published stating that Donald Trump signed a bawdy birthday card for Jeffrey Epstein, which has since been released to the public alongside the infamous ‘Birthday Book.’
“He says he's been defamed and libeled,” reported NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik. “He says, ‘I don't draw things.’ Other people have brought forward drawings that he's done. He said, ‘Those aren't my words.’”
It remains to be seen whether or not the $10 billion lawsuit will be dropped, but we're assuming Murdoch has a ton of hungry lawyers to eat this case.
- The New York Times and Penguin Random House
Trump filed a $15 billion defamation suit against the paper and book publisher on Sept. 15, 2025. He and his team have argued a myriad of instances they believe to be defamatory, such as an interview conducted pre-election with retired U.S. Army General and former Trump chief of staff, John F. Kelly, where he described Trump as a fascist.
Kelly told the New York Times, “Well, looking at the definition of fascism: It’s a far-right authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy.”
“So certainly, in my experience, those are the kinds of things that he thinks would work better in terms of running America.”
Random House published Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success, a book written by two New York Times reporters.
His legal team claims that these pieces of journalism have prevented him from doing business. They've also cited that the NYT miscredited producer Mark Burnett for the success of The Apprentice instead of Trump, who hosted.
It's a matter of preference, but for what it's worth we tuned in for Omarosa.
- ABC and the Walt Disney Co.
Mickey didn't sign up for this.
Another network-parent duo, ABC and Disney were sued late last year following Trump’s reelection for a misstep by ABC’s “This Week” host, George Stephanopoulos. In this misstep, Stephanopoulos inaccurately stated that the then-president-elect had been found liable for the rape of E. Jean Carrol, a journalist and author currently suing Trump for $83.3 million.
She is suing him “for his repeated social media attacks and public statements against the longtime advice columnist after she accused him of sexual assault,” reported the AP.
ABC and the Walt Disney Co. have since settled, paying $15 million toward Trump’s Presidential Library and $1 million to the law firm of Trump’s attorney in legal fees.
- CBS and Paramount
Earlier this year, Trump sued CBS and its parent company, Paramount Global, over how an interview with then-vice president Kamala Harris was edited and shown on 60 Minutes.’Paramount agreed to pay Trump's $16 million bounty, Of note: Paramount was in the middle of being acquired by Skydance Media for $8 billion. The FCC approved the sale, thereafter.
As part of the settlement, Paramount paid for Trump’s legal fees and now requires ‘60 Minutes’ to release full transcripts of their presidential and candidate interviews after the interviews have been aired, with redactions for legal or national security reasons.