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Wall Street Journal Seeks Dismissal Of Donald Trump’s Defamation Lawsuit Over Jeffrey Epstein Report: “The Article Is True” (deadline.com)
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/46562517

The Wall Street Journal, its parent company and Rupert Murdoch asked a federal judge to dismiss Donald Trump‘s $10 billion defamation lawsuit over the publication’s report on the president’s past connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

“The First Amendment’s protections for truthful speech are the backbone of the Constitution,” the Journal’s attorneys wrote in their motion.

The attorneys also challenged the notion the that the article could have damaged Trump’s reputation, noting that he had “publicly admitted to ‘locker room talk’ and has made numerous bawdy public statements,” as well as to his relationship with Epstein.

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