NewsNovo

Trump Organization Demands NYT Retraction Over Tungsten Deal Story as $1.6 Billion Kazakhstan Project Draws Scrutiny

7/5/2026

The Trump Organization has sent a legal demand letter to the New York Times calling a recent story on a U.S.-backed Kazakhstan tungsten mining deal "deeply misleading" and "libelous," escalating a public dispute over whether Donald Trump Jr.

and Eric Trump improperly benefited from a government-supported contract.

The letter, obtained by Fox News Digital, was authored by Trump Organization attorney Alan Garten and addressed to NYT editor-in-chief Joseph Kahn and the story's reporters, Eric Lipton and Paul Sonne.

The Deal at the Center of the Fight The underlying transaction is a U.S.-Kazakhstan tungsten mining agreement that took shape during a September 2025 meeting at the St.

Keep reading

Read the full story

Open on NewsNovo