President Donald Trump files a renewed $10 billion libel lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and its parent company, News Corp., according to reporting from Seeking Alpha and Bloomberg. The dispute centers on a Wall Street Journal article that discusses Trump’s alleged close ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Trump’s latest filing is described as a new version of a previously submitted lawsuit. In the earlier attempt, a judge dismissed the claims. In the renewed case, Trump seeks the same $10 billion amount and again targets the publisher, arguing the article was defamatory. The reports do not indicate that the underlying factual allegations in the article have changed, but they describe the procedural posture as a refiling after dismissal. The case’s next steps would depend on how the court handles the revised complaint and any renewed motions by the defendants, including challenges related to whether the claims can proceed.
Trump refiles $10 billion libel lawsuit against Wall Street Journal publisher
President Donald Trump files a renewed $10 billion libel lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and its parent company, News Corp., according to reporting from Seeking Alpha and Bloomberg. The disput...
- Trump files a new version of a $10 billion libel lawsuit.
- The lawsuit targets the Wall Street Journal and its parent company, News Corp.
- The dispute stems from a Wall Street Journal article about Trump’s alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
- A prior version of the lawsuit was dismissed by a judge.
- The reports describe the new filing as a refiling after the earlier dismissal.
President Donald Trump filed a new version of his $10 billion libel lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and its parent company News Corp. over an article about his alleged close ties to Jeffrey Epstein, after an earlier version of the suit was tossed out by a judge.
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