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Trump's Defamation Suit Challenges 2018 Pulitzer Awards

12/11/2025

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The Pulitzer Prize Board is in a defamation suit with U.S. President Donald Trump over the 2018 National Reporting prizes awarded to The New York Times and The Washington Post for coverage of alleged campaign–Russia collusion.
The Board filed a discovery request to assess Trump's damages.
Trump argues the 2018 awards are unworthy, citing a lack of evidence from Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
The Board says the 2018 awards will stand despite his demands for retraction.

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The Pulitzer Prize Board is in a defamation suit with U.S. President Donald Trump over the 2018 National Reporting prizes awarded to The New York Times and The Washington Post for coverage of alleged campaign–Russia collusion.
The Board filed a discovery request to assess Trump's damages.
Trump argues the 2018 awards are unworthy, citing a lack of evidence from Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
The Board says the 2018 awards will stand despite his demands for retraction.