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2012

2012-01-01 The Trump Organization sued the Scottish government over approval of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, calling it a “monstrous” coastal blight. Trump lost in 2015 and was ordered to pay legal costs

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-47400641

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/trump-loses-bid-to-stop-scottish-wind-farm-near-luxury-golf-course-idUSKBN0TZ15U

https://www.lawscot.org.uk/news-and-events/legal-news/trump-loses-uksc-appeal-over-offshore-wind-farm-near-golf-resort

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/scottish-government-says-trump-org-refuses-to-pay-legal-bills-after-losing-wind-farm-lawsuit

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 a Wisconsin television station over a political advertisement funded 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.

https://freespeechproject.georgetown.edu/tracker-entries/trump-sues-facebook-twitter-google-for-censorship-launches-his-own-social-media-platform/

2021-09-21 Trump sued his niece and The New York Times over disclosure of his tax records.

https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/trump-files-100-million-lawsuit-against-niece-new-york-times-121747013736

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 for alleged attorney-client violations, later dropping the case around October. Cohen later testified before a Manhattan grand jury in the hush-money case.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/michael-cohen-calls-trumps-500-mln-suit-against-him-pure-retaliation-2023-05-09/

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.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2023/05/23/trumps-social-media-business-sues-washington-post-seeking-38-billion-in-damages/

2023-06-27 Trump sued E Jean Carroll for defamation.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-sues-e-jean-carroll-defamation-after-jury-finds-he-sexually-abused-her-2023-06-28/

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.

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/16/nx-s1-5230274/abc-settles-with-trump-for-15-million-now-he-wants-to-sue-other-news-outlets

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”.

https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-calls-for-investigation-into-paramount-settlement-with-trump

2025-07-28 Trump filed a $10B lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal for reporting on the Epstein files.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-sues-wall-street-journal-over-epstein-report-seeks-10-billion-2025-07-19/

https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/post/trump-sues-wall-street-journal-rupert-murdoch-over-reporting-on-epstein-ties/

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 reporting on an Epstein-related letter and accused the paper of supporting Kamala Harris.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/media/trump-lawsuit-new-york-times-hnk

2025-09-29 YouTube agreed to pay Trump $24.5 million to settle litigation related to his post–January 6 suspension. Trump celebrated the YouTube settlement and encouraged reposts supporting compensation for banned conservatives.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/29/youtube-to-pay-trump-24point5-million-to-settle-lawsuit-over-suspension.html

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115291190758865206

2025 October

2025-10-17 Trump refiled a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times

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 pushed onward with a lawsuit against the DOJ for $230M.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/politics/trump-doj-request-230-mil-explained

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-the-government-owes-him-a-lot-of-money-over-federal-probes-heres-how-he-could-be-paid

2025-10-27 Trump appointed Michael Selig as chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Selig threatened states that challenged prediction markets, saying, “To those who seek to challenge our authority in this space let me be clear – we will see you in court”.

https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9164-25

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/12/michael-selig-prediction-markets-00865239

https://x.com/ChairmanSelig/status/2023744656647786604

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/see-court-cftc-chair-defends-150757162.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/cftc-selig-prediction-markets-nevada-rcna259352

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-02-17/cftc-chair-sides-with-prediction-markets-video

2025 November

2025-11-09 Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion over alleged edits to coverage of his January 6 remarks.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115521695808009888

2025 December

2025-12-12 The Justice Department sued 18 States for their voter-registration records.

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/12/nx-s1-5642610/doj-voter-data-lawsuits-colorado-hawaii-massachusetts-nevada

2026 January

2026-01-12 Leaked audio captured Karoline Leavitt threatening CBS with lawsuits over interview edits. 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.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/karoline-leavitt-threatens-cbs-lawsuit-trump-b2902791.html

https://people.com/white-house-warned-cbs-donald-trump-would-sue-if-his-interview-was-edited-11887912

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/business/media/cbs-news-trump-interview.html

2026-01-29 Trump sued the IRS and Treasury Department for $10B in taxpayer money for sharing Trump’s tax information.

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/30/nx-s1-5693662/trump-sues-irs-and-treasury-for-10-billion-over-leaked-tax-information

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/29/trump-sues-irs-and-treasury-for-10-billion-over-leak-of-tax-records.html

2026 February

2026-02-02 Trump threatened to sue Harvard University for $1 billion.

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://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-harvard-1-billion-antisemitism-diversity-transgender-probes-rcna257221

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116004776659519984

2026 April

2026-04-13 A judge dismissed Trump’s lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal for reporting on his Epstein birthday letter contribution.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/13/trump-epstein-murdoch-wsj-lawsuit-dismissed.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/13/trump-epstein-lawsuit-wall-street-journal/89588086007/

https://apnews.com/article/trump-murdoch-wall-street-journal-lawsuit-40e7aba7731db9e8800488038cb92a66

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/13/media/trump-wsj-lawsuit-epstein-dismissed-judge

2026-04-17 Former officials told The Atlantic that Kash Patel was erratic, frequently absent, and difficult to manage. Patel threatened legal action against the magazine and filed a $250M defamation lawsuit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpOD12q81cY&list=WL&index=9&t=157s

https://time.com/article/2026/04/18/what-to-know-about-allegations-of-drinking-by-f-b-i-director-kash-patel/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/keystone-kash-patels-endless-wild-booze-binges-spilled-by-top-officials/

SUB WALL https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/20/fbi-director-kash-patel-sues-atlantic-for-false-reporting-on-drinking

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/20/media/kash-patel-fbi-atlantic-lawsuit-sarah-fitzpatrick

https://www.axios.com/2026/04/20/kash-patel-lawsuit-the-atlantic

2026-04-22 The Justice Department indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on allegations of “manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred”.

https://alabamareflector.com/2026/04/23/legal-experts-skeptical-of-dojs-criminal-case-against-southern-poverty-law-center/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/04/22/splc-indicted-paying-sources-fbi-pays-informants/89726011007/

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/npr/2026/04/21/g-s1-118275/southern-poverty-law-center-indicted-on-federal-fraud-charges/

https://apnews.com/article/southern-poverty-law-center-criminal-investigation-db7fdcf9baa0d1b24b8f1e1f2cebc0be

https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/splc-vows-to-fight-federal-charges-claims-they-are-politically-motivated-department-justice-ku-klux-klan-todd-blanche?teaserSource=trending

https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/legal-experts-skeptical-dojs-criminal-case-against-southern-poverty-law-center

https://www.rev.com/transcripts/doj-announces-splc-indictment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPEkfzfWTeE&list=WL&index=6&t=57s

GOOD COMMENTARY VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOpAb5iIvCw&list=WL&index=2&t=114s

2026 May

2026-05-16 Trump dropped his $10 billion IRS lawsuit in exchange for a taxpayer-funded $1.7 billion slush fund to pay off J6 insurrectionists. As part of the IRS settlement, the DOJ agreed to drop pending tax claims involving Trump and his family, and never investigate them for tax fraud again.

https://time.com/article/2026/05/16/trump-irs-lawsuit-weaponization-fund/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/16/trump-irs-lawsuit-compensation-fund

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/17/politics/irs-doj-trump-fund-billion

https://abc7.com/post/trump-administration-create-1776b-truth-justice-commission-compensate-allies-sources-say/19116651/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-agrees-not-pursue-tax-claims-trump-part-irs-deal-rcna345973

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/g-s1-122938/irs-trump-settlement-tax-returns-audit

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/19/politics/irs-barred-investigating-trump-new-settlement-term

2026-05-19 Trump sued Minnesota for banning Kalshi prediction markets.

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/nx-s1-5821265/minnesota-ban-prediction-markets

[https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story//id/48818821/trump-sues-minnesota-block-law-banning-prediction-markets](https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story//id/48818821/trump-sues-minnesota-block-law-banning-prediction-markets)

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/options/articles/us-regulator-sues-block-minnesotas-234641314.html

2026-05-20 Two officers filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for rewarding J6 insurrectionists with a slush fund.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rm_2tYr8HE&list=WL&index=3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EPDnUEagYo&list=WL&index=1

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/g-s1-123293/officers-who-defended-capitol-sue

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/20/trump-weaponization-fund-lawsuit-jan-6-00929342

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/former-capitol-police-officer-harry-dunn-files-suit-to-block-trumps-slush-fund