Ex-President Donald Trump has to give nearly $400,000 to the New York Times for legal fees because he lost a lawsuit.
Mr Trump is suing the newspaper and his niece, Mary Trump, for $100 million. He says they were trying to secretly get his tax records.
Last year, a judge threw out the case because it didn’t meet the requirements of the law.
Articles about Mr. Trump’s money won a big prize called the Pulitzer.
On Friday, a judge in New York ordered Donald Trump, who is a Democrat, to pay the New York Times for the costs of a lawsuit he lost.
The judge decided that the amount of money, $392,638, was fair after thinking about a lot of things, like how complicated the case was and how good the newspaper’s lawyers are.
The lawsuit is about a 2018 investigation that said the old president was involved in shady tax plans. It says three journalists who wrote about it were teaming up with Mr. Trump’s niece to hurt him. It said that they kept following her and convinced her to give them some papers.
Judge Reed decided in May that the case is over. He said that the law allows reporters to do their job of gathering news without any problems.
The judge said that the activities were very important to the First Amendment, which allows people to speak freely.
The BBC asked Mr. Trump’s lawyer for a comment.
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Trump ordered to pay back New York Times $392,00 in legal fees
