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President Donald Trump suggested he may push for legal action against anonymous sourcing in journalism, calling it “made up, defamatory fiction” and hinting at the possibility of a new law to curb its use.
“As a President who is being given credit for having the Best Opening Month of any President in history, quite naturally, here come the Fake books and stories with the so-called ‘anonymous,’ or ‘off the record,’ quotes,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
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He accused the media and book publishers of fabricating sources to attack him. “At some point I am going to sue some of these dishonest authors and book publishers, or even media in general, to find out whether or not these ‘anonymous sources’ even exist, which they largely do not,” he said.
Trump has long criticized the use of unnamed sources, arguing that corporate media shields itself from accountability by relying on unverifiable claims. “They are made up, defamatory fiction,