President Donald Trump’s campaign filed a defamation claim against The New York Times Wednesday, arguing that a March 2019 opinion piece published false and malicious statements about a deal between the 2016 Trump presidential campaign and Russia.

In the piece, former New York Times executive editor Max Frankel wrote that the 2016 Trump campaign had an “obvious bargain” with Russian leaders who opposed the election of Hillary Clinton.

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