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17. Defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal just hit a major snag

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 05:19 PM

Sep 9

Matt Naham
Sep 9th, 2025, 12:13 pm

... Trump threatened to sue the WSJ prior to the publication, then immediately sued the next day in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. In that lawsuit, Trump attorney Alejandro Brito alleged that reporters Khadeeja Safdar and Joseph Palazzolo made it all up and that the proof the letter was "nonexistent" was their inability or refusal to publish the letter itself ...

Trump threatened to sue the WSJ prior to the publication, then immediately sued the next day in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. In that lawsuit, Trump attorney Alejandro Brito alleged that reporters Khadeeja Safdar and Joseph Palazzolo made it all up and that the proof the letter was "nonexistent" was their inability or refusal to publish the letter itself ...

"The public revelation by the House Oversight Committee of a letter to Jeffrey Epstein apparently written and signed by Donald Trump is an enormous step forward in the Wall Street Journal's defense of the libel suit filed by Trump and a stunning blow to Trump's claim" ...

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/congressional-revelation-of-birthday-letter-to-epstein-is-a-stunning-blow-for-trump-lawsuit-against-wsj-legal-expert-says/

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In Biblical terms The Madcap Sep 9 #3

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Dead man walking Aviation Pro Sep 9 #5

Keep dreaming, Cankles vonTacoTits. GoCubsGo Sep 9 #6

Says the serial rapist. dalton99a Sep 9 #7

MaddowBlog-Why the White House's unpersuasive pitch on the 'birthday book' seems so familiar LetMyPeopleVote Sep 9 #8

+1 dalton99a Sep 9 #9

Don't know the guy. He might have brought me coffee once. Norrrm Sep 9 #10

No, it ain't, asshole. Scrivener7 Sep 9 #11

Among the many things KRASNOV doesn't "get" is that he can't control or escape what History will say UTUSN Sep 9 #12

No it's Not "a dead issue" Asshole... Cha Sep 9 #13

"Don't look at the man behind the curtain!" sakabatou Sep 9 #14

A dead issue????? bdamomma Sep 9 #15

That's what you think, you prick Hekate Sep 9 #16

Defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal just hit a major snag struggle4progress Sep 9 #17

WSJ lawsuit just collapsed struggle4progress Sep 9 #18