Trump’s World Liberty Financial venture sues crypto entrepreneur for defamation

Suit alleges that Hong Kong-based Justin Sun engaged in a campaign to ‘torch’ the company’s reputation Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture co-founded by Donald Trump and his sons, said on Monday it had filed a defamation lawsuit in Florida state court against the Hong Kong -based crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, as a dispute escalates between the project and one of its most prominent backers. World Liberty posted a copy of its lawsuit on X