Trump Media Company Files $3.8B Lawsuit Against Washington Post Over Porn-Friendly Bank Story

Donald Trump‘s social media company sued The Washington Post for $3.8 billion in a defamation lawsuit, claiming that the publication made false and defamatory statements against it.

The company also alleges that The Post conspired with an ex-Truth Social employee who shared documents to create a "fraudulent narrative about securities fraud."

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The lawsuit was filed after The Post published an article titled “Trust linked to the porn-friendly bank could gain a stake in Trump's Truth Social" earlier this month, that alleged that the bank, ES Family Trust, could obtain a large stake in TMTG. 

It also said that the former president's company purportedly provided a $240,000 finder’s fee to the ES Family Trust for facilitating the $8 million loan agreement, an amount the company said it never paid. 

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