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WASHINGTON, United States — A US judge on Saturday dismissed President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and media magnate Rupert Murdoch over a report that Trump sent a bawdy birthday letter to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Trump had sued for $10 billion after the newspaper’s story was published in July 2025 detailing the president’s alleged 2003 letter to Epstein, which apparently featured a drawing of a naked woman. Murdoch founded News Corp., which…
OriginalTrump said he was defamed by a Wall Street Journal report about a 50th-birthday card to Epstein that the Journal attributed to Trump.
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Axios7h ago
A federal judge on Saturday threw out President Trump's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over the paper's reporting on Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Why it matters: It's the second time this year courts have blocked Trump's efforts to sue the paper over stories about his relationship with the disgraced financier. As with the first one, courts found the president did not clear the high bar set by New York Times vs. Sullivan for allegations of defamation in critical…
OriginalTrump said he was defamed by a Wall Street Journal report about a 50th-birthday card to Epstein that the Journal attributed to Trump.
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