Trump sues Murdoch for $10 billion over WSJ story on Epstein birthday letter

The Barbarian said:

President Donald Trump on Friday followed through on his threat to sue media mogul Rupert Murdoch after his Wall Street Journal published an article saying that Trump sent his then-friend Jeffrey Epstein a “bawdy” letter for Epstein’s 50th birthday.

Trump, who angrily denies writing the letter, is seeking damages of no less than $10 billion in the lawsuit alleging defamation.

Named as defendants in the suit in federal court in the Southern District of Florida are Murdoch, his company News Corp

and its CEO Robert Thomson, the Journal’s publisher, Dow Jones & Co., and the two reporters who wrote the article published Thursday evening.

A Dow Jones spokesperson sent the following statement to CNBC: “We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/18/trump-sues-epstein-murdoch-wsj.html

No matter how it turns out, should be good news for most Americans.

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public hermit said:

Isn't Murdoch the owner of Fox News? This is strange. Trump has made this a bigger problem than it needs to be. It's irrational. Ha! I say that like it's not the norm, but this is special. He's clearly afraid. Poor Trump, he's not very smart, and he's most likely guilty of something we don't already know.

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BPPLEE said:

The Murdoch family owns a significant portion of Fox, Murdoch's son Lachlan has taken over as CEO in his place

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public hermit said:

Thank you. If you mess with the son, you mess with the father? In general, I think it's really odd how Trump is acting. I mean, we all think he's guilty of horrible stuff, right, but he's also acting like it. This is new. The facade of always winning seems to be cracking in his own mind.

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BPPLEE said:

I think he has always acted odd about some things. Sometimes I wonder what he is thinking when he says and does things

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public hermit said:

This doesn't seem especially peculiar? Maybe it's just me, but he seems to be doubting himself. He's in panic mode and clearly making a big thing out of what should be nothing. His MAGA crowd will go along with anything he says. They want Epstein files, and in under normal circumstances, he would give them because it ensures his power. But now he's balking. This is very good, I think, for those who don't lick the boot.

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BPPLEE said:

He ordered all grand jury testimony in the case to be released to the public.
Suing people is SOP for him so I don't know that he's acting so much different than usual.
He's done a lot of things that made me scratch my head

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Maria Billingsley said:

Trump is raking in big money by suing any breathing thing that comes in his orbit with the truth. Strange days .

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