President Trump just announced a major win in his defamation lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize Board.
On Wednesday, a Florida appeals court sided with President Trump against the Board’s attempt to halt the case, allowing the lawsuit to go forward.
The lawsuit centers around the Board awarding the (once) prestigious and coveted Pulitzer Prize to fake news outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post for malicious stories pushing the Russia Collusion narrative.
Read President Trump’s full Truth Social post announcing the big win in his lawsuit right here:
BREAKING! In a major WIN in our powerful lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize Board regarding the illegal and defamatory “Award” of their once highly respected “Prize,” to fake, malicious stories on the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, by the Failing New York Times and the Washington Compost, the Florida Appellate Court viciously rejected the Defendants’ corrupt attempt to halt the case. They won a Pulitzer Prize for totally incorrect reporting about the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax. Now they admit it was a SCAM, never happened, and their reporting was totally wrong, in fact, the exact opposite of the TRUTH. They’ll have to give back their “Award.” They were awarded for false reporting, and we can’t let that happen in the United States of America. We are holding the Fake News Media responsible for their LIES to the American People, so we can, together, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Law and Crime has more details on the origins of the defamation suit:
Trump sued the board for defamation in December 2022, after several months of legal demands and threats to file such a lawsuit. The nexus of the lawsuit is the 2018 award for National Reporting which was co-granted to The Washington Post and The New York Times for their reporting on the “Russiagate” scandal. During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, some Russian nationals interfered on Trump’s behalf — sparking a yearslong search for evidence that Trump’s campaign was engaged in a conspiracy with the Russian government.
While special counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiries ultimately found no evidence of collusion with the Russian Federation, the two media companies were awarded for what the Pulitzer Prize board referred to as “deeply sourced, relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest that dramatically furthered the nation’s understanding of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its connections to the Trump campaign, the President-elect’s transition team and his eventual administration.”
Unfortunately for the board, that was not all they said about the matter — ultimately responding publicly to Trump’s threats of litigation.
In 2022, the board defended its award with a lengthy statement that stood by the outlets’ reporting. In July 2024, a judge in Okeechobee County, Florida, ruled that the board’s statement was “actionable mixed opinion” and that Trump’s claims were “properly pled.”
What do you think?
Should the fake news media be forced to return their Pulitzer Prize for the false Russia Collusion stories?
Let us know your thoughts…
Finally! The corrupt media doesn’t get to hand each other trophies for lies anymore. Trump was right. Russia hoax was just that, a hoax. Time to return the fake Pulitzer and face the music. Accountability is coming.
— Peter Malcolm (@pmal5098) May 29, 2025