Trump campaign manager sues Daily Beast over salary reports | World News
Chris LaCivita, co-manager of US President Donald Trump’s 2024 election campaign, has filed a defamation lawsuit against The Daily Beast, accusing the publication of misrepresenting how much he was paid for his work.
The lawsuit, filed in the US Drict Court in Richmond, Virginia, challenges reports claiming LaCivita was paid $22 million over two years—later corrected to $19.2 million. According to the lawsuit, these stories wrongly suggested he was “personally profiting excessively” from his role and prioritising money over Trump’s campaign success.
The Daily Beast defended its reporting, dismissing the lawsuit as “meritless and a transparent attempt to intimidate the Beast and silence the independent press”, reported Associated Press (AP).
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Celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos is representing LaCivita in the case, which was first reported Axios. The lawsuit is part of a broader pattern of legal action taken Trump and his allies against the media.
Trump has sued CBS News for $20 billion over the editing of a 60 minutes interview with his 2024 election opponent Vice President Kamala Harris. He has also sued the Des Moines Reger over an incorrect Iowa election poll. Meanwhile, ABC News recently settled a lawsuit with Trump after wrongly reporting that he had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll.
LaCivita argues that most of the payments made Trump’s campaign to his firm, Advancing Strategies LLC, were for purchasing media advertisements. He claims the Daily Beast reports damaged his and his company’s reputation, making it harder to attract new clients.
In a letter to Geragos last month, the Daily Beast stated it would seek to question Trump and his senior aides as part of the legal process. The publication’s lawyer, Neil Rosenhouse, dismissed the claim that LaCivita’s business had suffered.Story continues below this ad
“The Beast’s reporting that the LLC earned millions of dollars successfully managing President Trump’s campaign is not defamatory. It is the opposite,” Rosenhouse wrote.
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