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Trump’s Latest Lawsuit Is a ‘Sure Loser’
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, JUL 21 – Trump claims the Wall Street Journal knowingly published false allegations about a provocative letter to Jeffrey Epstein and seeks $20 billion in damages for defamation.
- On Friday, July 18, President Donald Trump filed the $10 billion defamation suit against Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal and News Corp.
- The Wall Street Journal's story published Thursday described a `bawdy` letter bearing Trump's name and a sketch of a naked woman, reported by Khadeeja Safdar and Joseph Palazzolo.
- In Miami's Southern District of Florida federal court, U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles was assigned to oversee the filing, while the FBI review spanned 1,000 personnel and 300,000 pages of Epstein files.
- In response, a Dow Jones spokesperson said they "have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting".
- Amid mounting public pressure around the Epstein files, the lawsuit could force Trump to testify under oath about his ties to Epstein.
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Trump’s Latest Lawsuit Is a ‘Sure Loser’
Harry Litman writes that President Trump’s lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal is “a sure loser” and argues that the newspaper “surely never would have published the story without rock-solid sourcing” and that “if they printed it, they probably have the receipts.” That means “it’s Trump’s burden to show that the reporting is false and they knew it.” Politico notes Trump’s “decision to file the case in southern Florida led to suspicions he wa…
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