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Sensational/ Trump sues Murdoch's "Wall Street Journal" newspaper for $10 billion

2025-07-19 12:01:16Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Sensational/ Trump sues Murdoch's "Wall Street Journal" newspaper
Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump has sued the Wall Street Journal and its owners, including Rupert Murdoch, seeking at least $10 billion in damages after the newspaper reported that his name was on a birthday card sent to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 that contained a sexually suggestive drawing and a reference to the secrets they shared.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Miami, names Rupert Murdoch, Dow Jones, News Corp. and its chief executive Robert Thomson, as well as two Wall Street Journal reporters, alleging they defamed Trump and caused him significant financial and reputational damage.

Epstein, a financier and convicted sex trafficker, committed suicide in a New York prison cell in 2019.

The case against him has fueled conspiracy theories and has become popular among Trump supporters who believe the government has been covering up Espstein's connections to the rich and powerful.

Trump has said he parted ways with Epstein before the financier's legal troubles became public in 2006.

President Trump has denied the Wall Street Journal report, and had previously warned Murdoch that he intended to sue. Dow Jones, the newspaper's parent company, is a subsidiary of News Corp.

"We have just filed a POWERFUL lawsuit against everyone involved in publishing the false, malicious, defamatory and FALSE article in the worthless newspaper, The Wall Street Journal," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

"I hope Rupert and his 'friends' face hours of testimony on this case," Trump added.

A Dow Jones spokesperson said in a statement: "We have full confidence in the accuracy of our reporting, and we will vigorously defend ourselves against any lawsuit."

The lawsuit described Trump's alleged birthday greeting as "false" and said the Wall Street Journal published the article with the intention of damaging his image.

"The article does not appear to explain whether the defendants obtained a copy of the letter, saw it, had it described to them, or any other circumstance that would lend credibility to the article," the lawsuit states.

To win the defamation case, Trump must prove that the defendants acted with "actual malice," meaning they knew the article was false or willfully disregarded the truth.

The Epstein case has caused concern in the White House, after the US Justice Department this month concluded there was no evidence to support long-standing conspiracy theories about Epstein's clients and his death.

Some of Trump's most loyal supporters were angered when his administration reversed course and reneged on its promise to release the files on the case.

On July 7, the Justice Department said Epstein killed himself and there was no "client list involved" or evidence that Epstein had blackmailed powerful people.

Trump said on Thursday that he has instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi to ask the court to release testimony given before the Grand Jury in the Epstein case.

A day later, the US government asked the federal court in Manhattan to release the Grand Jury transcripts in the case of Epstein and his former associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Maxwell was found guilty in 2021 of her role in Epstein's sexual abuse of underage girls. Maxwell is in the process of appealing her 20-year prison sentence to the U.S. Supreme Court./REL


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