Trump Refiles $10 Billion Defamation Suit Against WSJ Over Report on Epstein Ties [View all]
Source: US News & World Report/Reuters
May 28, 2026, at 1:49 a.m.
NEW YORK, May 28 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday refiled a defamation lawsuit seeking at least $10 billion in damages against the Wall Street Journal over its reporting on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, after a judge threw out an earlier version over legal deficiencies. The lawsuit is one of several Trump has brought in his personal capacity against news organizations, part of what critics say is a wider pressure campaign against the media.
• Trump's lawsuit said the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper tarnished his reputation with an article describing a birthday card to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as bearing Trump’s signature. Trump and his lawyers said the card is fake, even after it was released by lawmakers investigating Epstein’s case.
• Trump is seeking at least $10 billion in damages, according to the amended lawsuit. He had sought the same amount previously.
• "At the time of publication, Defendants recklessly disregarded whether the Defamatory Statements were true and/or they purposefully avoided the discovery of the truth," lawyers for Trump wrote in the amended complaint.
• The lawsuit filed in Miami federal court names Rupert Murdoch, Dow Jones, News Corp and its CEO Robert Thomson, along with two Wall Street Journal reporters, Khadeeja Safdar and Joseph Palazzolo, as defendants, saying they defamed Trump and caused him to suffer "overwhelming" financial and reputational harm.
Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-05-28/trump-refiles-10-billion-defamation-suit-against-wsj-over-report-on-epstein-ties
REFERENCE - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143664741 (has earlier references)
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