[Trump's $15 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Against The New York Times Dismissed] According to Golden Finance, a federal judge on Friday dismissed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit filed by former U.S. President Trump against The New York Times, stating that Trump's legal complaint was a malicious polemic that violated basic court filing requirements. The dismissal order was issued by U.S. Judge Steven Merryday, just four days after Trump filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He gave Trump's lawyers 28 days to submit a revised version of the complaint.