Former President Donald Trump has been ordered by Justice Robert Reed of the State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Friday to pay The New York Times and its three reporters nearly $400,000 in legal fees.

According to Business Insider, the ruling stemmed from a 2021 lawsuit that Trump filed against the newspaper, which was eventually dismissed in May 2023.

However, it was not until this week that Reed ordered the former president to pay the $392,638.69 bill he now owes, which was accumulated from the case's attorney's fees and legal expenses.

Lawsuit of Donald Trump Against The New York Times

 Donald Trump has accused The New York Times and its three journalists of conspiring with his niece, Mary Trump, to obtain the former president's tax records for some stories about his finances published by the newspaper in 2018.

Mary, a vocal critic of her uncle, has previously expressed concerns about Trump's leadership, saying he was an unfit leader.

Trump filed a separate lawsuit against his niece related to his taxes, which is still ongoing. The former president accused Mary of violating confidentiality when she provided information about his uncle's 2018 taxes to the newspaper.

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Financial Responsibility of Donald Trump Determined

The dismissal of the lawsuit last year did not immediately result in a determination of the specific amount that Donald Trump owed.

However, Reed's latest decision marks a resolution to the financial aspect of the case, providing the exact figure on the legal fees that Trump owes.

Susanne Craig, one of the journalists from The Times named in the lawsuit, shared the news about the fee decision on X with a thumbs-up emoji.

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