Sue Everybody
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
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.
2021-09-21 Trump sued his niece and The New York Times over disclosure of his tax records.
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.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.
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://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
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.
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.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.
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://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.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
SUB WALL https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/
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://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://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