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Topic: Trump Sues Rupert Murdoch for Epstein Story
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Mortman

Mon 07/21/25 04:53 PM


Trump sues WSJ, Rupert Murdoch and two reporters for Epstein letter story
www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/18/trump-sues-wsj-rupert-murdoch-slander/85282651007/
Donald Trump is seeking $10 billion in damages in a lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, its parent company, owner and two reporters claiming libel and slander for publishing an article saying the future president wrote a lewd letter to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday.

Trump filed the lawsuit in Miami federal court on July 18 and named as the plaintiffs Dow Jones & Company, News Corporation, owner Rupert Murdoch and reporters Khadeeja Safdar and Joseph Palazzolo.

At issue is a story published July 17 describing a letter from Trump that the Journal wrote was part of a leather-bound birthday book with dozens of other letters that was presented to Epstein in 2003. Trump's letter ends with “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret,” according to the Journal.


I think this is funny, because:

1. WSJ & Rupert Murdoch knew Trump would probably sue, so they definitely took care to get the story right.
2. The WSJ article clearly states Trump's objections, but also clearly states the evidence.
3. If Trump really is sick of people bringing up Epstein, it's not like suing will make the story go away
4. Trump posted something about making Murdoch testify, but worse for Trump is getting him recorded for deposition.
5. Murdoch controls Fox News, so we'll see how it goes after so many prime-time stories about Epstein with Trump
6. Even if Trump was right (he's not), does anybody see $10 billion in damages to Trump? I don't.

I'm betting this never goes to trial, and that Trump's withdraws, instead of Murdoch settling.
Edited by Mortman on Mon 07/21/25 05:02 PM
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Mortman

Mon 07/21/25 05:08 PM

Wooh. This didn't take long...

White House retaliates against Wall Street Journal over Trump-Epstein story
www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-retaliates-against-wall-street-journal-over-trump-epstein-story/ar-AA1J1wCS?ocid=BingHp01&cvid=4b9228aab34f41d0e56a22915234fef5&ei=20
The White House on Monday excluded The Wall Street Journal from a pool of reporters covering President Donald Trump's upcoming visit to Scotland, after the newspaper reported that he wrote a bawdy birthday message to his former friend, alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.


So much for transparency, huh? The Trump Administration really is a clown show.
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Bart

Mon 07/21/25 06:29 PM

Yes, the transparency is the WH reported they would be left out. Biden’s team would have left out Fox News and say nothing about it. You need to learn the difference between transparency and cover-up. Which is what the dems are great at.. until now , Trump will enjoy another win in that civil suit. Than he can sit back and watch Obama team be supeanead and get their days in court..
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Don

Mon 07/21/25 07:41 PM

Obama-appointed Florida judge, Darrin P Gayles, will preside over Trump's $10B suit against Murdoch and WSJ, and the malignant child will lose again.
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Mortman

Mon 07/21/25 11:22 PM

Yes, the transparency is the WH reported they would be left out. Biden’s team would have left out Fox News and say nothing about it. You need to learn the difference between transparency and cover-up. Which is what the dems are great at.. until now , Trump will enjoy another win in that civil suit. Than he can sit back and watch Obama team be supeanead and get their days in court..

Hah. That would be hilarious if Trump wins, because the WSJ has become a MAGA tabloid, but it'll also mean that Trump with his incompetent lawyers will sit through hours of recorded depositions under oath, and Trump's mind is so gone, he can't even tell what's real, anymore. Can you imagine the legion of sanctions against him for perjury? I can!
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joya

Mon 07/21/25 11:22 PM

This is really funny. The WSJ and Murdoch certainly knew Trump was going to sue, so you can bet they made sure everything was legally sound before publishing. The article clearly presents Trump’s objections, but still backs it up with evidence.

If he really wants people to stop bringing up Epstein, suing is the worst thing to do it keeps the story alive. Also, it’s ironic that he’s talking about getting Murdoch to testify, because the depositions could be very bad for him.

Also, Murdoch owns Fox News, so it’ll be interesting to see if they support him or side with the WSJ after years of prime time Epstein mentions. And $10 billion in damages? That’s just ridiculous.

I doubt this will ever go to trial he’ll probably drop it once it stops being a headline.
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Mortman

Mon 07/21/25 11:24 PM


Obama-appointed Florida judge, Darrin P Gayles, will preside over Trump's $10B suit against Murdoch and WSJ, and the malignant child will lose again.

Good point! I heard that Trump deliberately shopped the case to Florida, hoping that it'd go to Aileen Cannon. No such luck!
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Bart

Tue 07/22/25 05:03 AM


Yes, the transparency is the WH reported they would be left out. Biden’s team would have left out Fox News and say nothing about it. You need to learn the difference between transparency and cover-up. Which is what the dems are great at.. until now , Trump will enjoy another win in that civil suit. Than he can sit back and watch Obama team be supeanead and get their days in court..

Hah. That would be hilarious if Trump wins, because the WSJ has become a MAGA tabloid, but it'll also mean that Trump with his incompetent lawyers will sit through hours of recorded depositions under oath, and Trump's mind is so gone, he can't even tell what's real, anymore. Can you imagine the legion of sanctions against him for perjury? I can!

How many times have you predicted that Trump will lose . Trump will be convicted . Trump will pull jail time. ? Do you ever get tired of being WRONG..and your doing it again..LOL. Incompetence is the definition of liberal democrat.
Edited by Bart on Tue 07/22/25 05:03 AM
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Toodygirl5

Tue 07/22/25 11:29 AM




https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/judge-defamation-lawsuit/2025/07/21/id/1219433/



Obama was almost as bad as J Biden's incompetence.
Edited by Toodygirl5 on Tue 07/22/25 11:34 AM
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Mortman

Tue 07/22/25 05:52 PM

How many times have you predicted that Trump will lose . Trump will be convicted . Trump will pull jail time. ? Do you ever get tired of being WRONG..and your doing it again..LOL. Incompetence is the definition of liberal democrat.


There are the 34 felony convictions for fraud, and can you name even one case that Trump's won with Alina Habba as his lawyer?
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Bart

Wed 07/23/25 04:31 AM

He won a lawsuit against cnn and their cover up of Kamala interview. And by him winning the presidency is a victory in itself after all the made up BS lies you democrats leveled upon him. The rest of the country know and expect you dems to be the devisive a** holes you have become because of your TDS. Not a serious one in the bunch.
Edited by Bart on Wed 07/23/25 04:33 AM
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europeanimport7

Wed 07/23/25 02:44 PM


He won a lawsuit against cnn and their cover up of Kamala interview. And by him winning the presidency is a victory in itself after all the made up BS lies you democrats leveled upon him. The rest of the country know and expect you dems to be the devisive a** holes you have become because of your TDS. Not a serious one in the bunch.

Ha ha, Bart at his best. I am not a Dem and see all the BS coming out of Dumb Trumps mouth. He is getting crazy, literally. So much to Biden and his decline while in office, Dumb Trump is much worse.
Edited by europeanimport7 on Wed 07/23/25 02:46 PM
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Mortman

Wed 07/23/25 07:17 PM


He won a lawsuit against cnn and their cover up of Kamala interview. And by him winning the presidency is a victory in itself after all the made up BS lies you democrats leveled upon him. The rest of the country know and expect you dems to be the devisive a** holes you have become because of your TDS. Not a serious one in the bunch.

Nice try. Trump's case against CNN was dismissed back in 2023.
www.cnn.com/2023/07/29/politics/trump-cnn-big-lie-defamation-lawsuit

And sure, he "won" the election, no small thanks to the billionaires who helped him so they wouldn't get their taxes raised. But my question above was not about the election, but rather court cases. Trump's losing most of his.
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Bart

Thu 07/24/25 05:19 AM

My bad. CBS is the outlet Trump won against. Columbia univ. Trump won. And WSJ will settle. The deportations can keep going on, another win. And now he has won in the conspiracy theory of the Russia collusion hoax , proven that Obama pushed the fake dossier on the fisa court. So much for his legacy…
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Mortman

Thu 07/24/25 10:54 AM


My bad. CBS is the outlet Trump won against. Columbia univ. Trump won. And WSJ will settle. The deportations can keep going on, another win. And now he has won in the conspiracy theory of the Russia collusion hoax , proven that Obama pushed the fake dossier on the fisa court. So much for his legacy…

CBS settled because they have a multi-$billion merger in the works and they knew Trump would abuse his official powers to stop the merger out of spite. That's not a court win, but a big, fat bribe CBS paid. Similar story for Columbia University. It was Trump weaponizing the DOJ against the university for $millions so that he wouldn't stop $billions in funding research, just so he could push his agenda. Of course Congressional Republicans are blind to abuse of office when it's a Republican doing it.

And no, there's no evidence Obama or Biden pushed the Steele Dossier. Congressional Republicans spent years trying to make that connection and failed.