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President Donald Trump could be forced to give up his tax returns and medical records in a Pulitzer defamation lawsuit over the Russia investigation reporting awards, according to a report Monday.

Pulitzer Prize board members filed court documents in Okeechobee County, Florida, and after Dec. 11, Trump now has 30 days from that date to respond to the claims and document requests, Law & Crime reported.

Defendants — who include 20 different people from multiple media organizations — have demanded all of Trump's tax returns "from all jurisdictions, including all attachments, schedules, and worksheets" from 2015 to most recent, documents pointing to "sufficient to show all sources of Your income," in addition to documents from the same time frame that are "sufficient to show all of Your financial holdings." They are also requesting his listed liabilities, plus his health records and prescription medication history. ...

Former President Donald Trump wanted to reveal the identities of anonymous independent reviewers who upheld awards of Pulitzer Prizes for coverage of the former president's campaign ties to Russia, as part of a lawsuit he filed against the Pulitzer board.

According to Business Insider, "In transcripts of four depositions obtained by Business Insider, Trump's attorneys had the opportunity to question journalists about a mystery that has vexed them for years: Who are the anonymous consultants who reviewed the Pulitzer Prizes awarded to The New York Times and The Washington Post for their coverage of Trump's connections to Russia?"

"The depositions were taken last year for a lawsuit Trump brought in December 2022, suing the Pulitzer Prize Board, which administers American journalism's highest honors," the report continued. "He accused the board and its 18 members of defaming him by awarding the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting to The Washington Post and The New York Times for their coverage of Russia's interference in the 2016 election and the country's connections to Trump's presidential campaign and administration."...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times were each awarded two coveted Pulitzer Prizes for journalism on Monday.