Trump campaign sues New York Times for libel over Russia story
(The Guardian United States)

Suit alleges `extreme bias´ in knowingly publishing falsehoodOpinion piece titled `The Real Trump-Russia Quid Pro Quo´Donald Trump´s re-election campaign said on Wednesday it had filed a libel suit against the New York Times accusing the newspaper of intentionally publishing a false opinion article related to Russian interference in the 2016 US election.In an escalation of the Republican president´s long-running battle with the news media, campaign officials said the lawsuit was being filed in New York state supreme court, the state´s trial-level court. Continue reading...