Donald J.Trump blasts New York Times over Russia collusion reporting

shared a Just The News article alleging the Times continues to misstate facts about FBI surveillance of his 2016 campaign despite its Pulitzer Prize.

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RUSSIA — Donald J.Trump blasted the New York Timesfor its Russia collusion coverage by mentioning the source (see justthenews) on aTruth Social post on June 22, 2026 at 7:51 PM EST.

Here is the full post (see truthsocial): “Years after Pulitzer prize,New York Times gets Russia collusion story wrong once again: https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/pulitzer-prize-aside-new-york-times-keeps-getting-russia-collusion-factually”

The article Trump shared, written by Ashe Short and John Solomon, alleges the Times twice claimed in a recent piece that Trump had no basis to assert the Obama administration spied on his 2016 campaign or abused surveillance powers. The Just The Newsreport argues a large body of public evidence supports both claims (see justthenews).

The disputed Times article focused on Trump’s relationship with Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The Times wrote that Trump suggested “without evidence” that the FISA program had been abused by the Obama administration to surveil his presidential campaign (see justthenews).

Declassified records tell a different story, the Just The News report contends. FBI memos show two undercover informants engaged with Trump campaign figures during the 2016 election cycle. One informant, Pentagon researcher Stefan Halper, met with former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page at a Virginia farm in October 2016 while Barack Obamawas still president, FBI records show (see justthenews).

A 2019 Justice Department Inspector General report found 17 inaccuracies and omissions in the FBI‘s FISA applications targeting Page. Former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty in 2020 to altering an email used to obtain a surveillance warrant against Page. The Department of Justicelater acknowledged some of that surveillance was “unlawful” (see justthenews).

Page filed a lawsuit against the federal government over the surveillance. The Justice Department settled that suit for $1.25 million in April 2026. “No American should ever face covert and unlawful surveillance based on their political view,” a Justice Department spokesman said after the settlement was revealed in a court filing (see justthenews).

The Times responded to the Just The Newsinquiry by stating its “reporting on the challenges to reauthorize FISA section 702 presents readers with a clear and factual picture” (see justthenews).

Trump has long labeled mainstream media coverage of the Russia investigation as inaccurate, a pattern that raises persistent questions about journalistic standards and public trust in major news organizations (see poynter.org). The Pulitzer Prizes awarded to the Times and theWashington Postfor their 2018 Russia coverage remain a flashpoint in the debate over media accountability (see wikipedia.org).

In the last 30 days, 2 of 641 Trump posts were on the topic of media and self-promotion, including 2 on the sub-topic of fake news media and mainstream press.