Sue Everybody
2012
2012-01-01 The Trump Organization filed a lawsuit against the Scottish government for approving the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, calling it a “monstrous” blight on the coast. The case was lost in 2015, and Trump was ordered to pay the Scottish government’s legal costs.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-47400641
2019
2019-10-18 Trump sued CNN for perceived bias about Russian role in the 2016 election.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/trump-legal-action-cnn-biased-reporting
2020
2020-02-27 Trump sued the New York Times for defamation in an opinion piece.
https://thewire.in/world/donald-trump-campaign-sues-new-york-times-over-russia-op-ed
2020-11-16 Trump sued the Wisconsin TV Station over a political advertisement created by a liberal super PAC.
https://firstamendmentwatch.org/trump-settles-defamation-lawsuit-against-wisconsin-tv-station/
https://www.wpr.org/media/trump-campaign-lawsuit-against-northwoods-tv-station-dismissed
2021
2021-07-07 Trump sued Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook for banning him on their platforms.
2021-09-21 Trump sued his niece and The New York Times for releasing his tax documents.
2022
2022-03-24 Trump sued Hillary Clinton and the DNC over Russia claims.
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/24/1088694473/trump-lawsuit-clinton-democrats-russia
2022-10-04 Trump sued CNN for defamation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-sues-cnn-for-defamation/
2023
2023-01-30 Trump sued the publisher of Simon & Schuster and Paramount Global for selling an audiobook containing tapes of Trump interviews.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/30/trump-sues-bob-woodward-simon-schuster-paramount-for-50-million.html
2023-04-12 Trump sued Michael Cohen over alleged attorney-client relationship violations but then later dropped the charges around October. FYI Michael Cohen testified before a Manhattan Grand Jury in the Trump hush-money trial.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-cohen-testifies-trump-grand-jury-2nd-day-manhattan-trump-probe/
2023-05-22 Trump sued the Washington Post for defamation.
2023-06-27 Trump sued E Jean Carroll for defamation.
2024
2024-10-31 Trump sued CBS and 60 Minutes, accusing them of maliciously and deceptively altering an interview with Kamala Harris.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-sues-cbs-news-harris-60-minutes-1978335
2024-12-16 Trump sued ABC $15M for defamation - ABC paid out.
2025 June
2025-06-02 Paramount Global paid Trump $16M to settle a lawsuit.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3w4n8778q2o
2025 July
2025-07-02 Senator Warren called for an investigation into the $16M Paramount settlement with Trump, calling the settlement “meritless”.
2025-07-28 Trump filed a $10B lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal for reporting on the Epstein files.
2025-07-29 Trump sued the Wall Street Journal for $10B for defamation.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/29/nx-s1-5482955/trump-epstein-murdoch-deposition-lawsuit
2025 September
2025-09-16 Trump sued The New York Times for libel over the Epstein letter and simultaneously accused them of endorsing Kamala Harris.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/media/trump-lawsuit-new-york-times-hnk
2025-09-29 YouTube agreed to pay Trump $24.5M to settle a lawsuit involving suspension of Trump’s account following the J6 insurrection.
2025-09-29 Trump tweeted out celebration for the YouTube settlement, adding “Repost if ALL banned conservatives should be paid!”.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115291190758865206
2025 October
2025-10-17 Trump refiled a $15B defamation lawsuit against The New York Times for $15B.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-refiles-15b-defamation-lawsuit-new-york-rcna238170
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/business/media/trump-lawsuit-new-york-times.html
2025-10-22 Trump demanded to go forward with his lawsuit against the DOJ, forcing taxpayers to pay up the $230M lawsuit.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/politics/trump-doj-request-230-mil-explained
2025 November
2025-11-09 Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1B over an edit of his January 6th remarks, accusing the BBC of giving the wrong impression that Trump called for violence. Both Director General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness quit, which Trump posted on social media about later.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115521695808009888
2025 December
2025-12-12 Trump’s DOJ sued 18 states to force States to hand over voter registration data.
2026 January
2026-01-12 After a 13-minute interview with CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil, leaked audio of Karoline Leavitt recorded her saying to CBS news after an interview, “He said, ‘Make sure you guys don’t cut the tape, make sure the interview is out in full.’ He said if it’s not out in full we’ll sue your ass off”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdYqrbZt6FM&list=WL&index=1
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/18/white-house-press-secretary-cbs-trump-interview
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/business/media/cbs-news-trump-interview.html
2026-01-29 Trump sued the IRS and Treasury for $10B for leaked tax information.
2026 February
2026-02-02 Trump threatened to sue Harvard for $1B.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/03/trump-escalates-harvard-feud-with-1-billion-demand-00761683
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkryely657o
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116004776659519984