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The Wall Street Journal asked a judge to dismiss President Donald Trump\u2019s revised $10 billion defamation lawsuit over an article on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, arguing that the new complaint isn\u2019t an improvement on the original version that was tossed out.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s revised lawsuit still fails to explain how the article \u2014 about a \u201cbawdy\u201d birthday note he allegedly sent to Epstein decades ago \u2014 is defamatory, the Journal said in the filing Wednesday in Miami federal court.<\/p>\n
Trump \u201chas now had every opportunity to plead a defamation claim,\u201d lawyers for the newspaper said. \u201cHis case remains groundless. This action should be dismissed once and for all.\u201d<\/p>\n
The news outlet, parent company News Corp. and Chairman Emeritus Rupert Murdoch \u2014 all defendants in the suit \u2014 asked the judge to dismiss the case \u201cwith prejudice\u201d so Trump can\u2019t file it again. They also want Trump to pay their legal fees.<\/p>\n
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The case is one of several the president has brought against the media in recent years, including multibillion-dollar defamation claims against the New York Times and the British Broadcasting Corp. The cases have led to widespread criticism that Trump is using his power to try to silence media criticism.<\/p>\n
A representative for Trump\u2019s legal team did not immediately return a message seeking comment.<\/p>\n
The president\u2019s first lawsuit against the Journal was dismissed in April for lacking sufficient claims that the story had been filed with \u201cactual malice\u201d toward Trump, meaning the publication knew the article was false or had recklessly disregarded the truth. It\u2019s a high bar set for libel suits by public figures.<\/p>\n
The judge gave Trump time to gather information to support his claims, but denied the president\u2019s request to force the Journal to hand over internal documents and records about the disputed article. The Journal said Trump\u2019s request \u201cbetrayed his inability to plead actual malice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump sued over a July 2025 story that said he\u2019d sent a \u201cbawdy\u201d birthday note to the disgraced financier in 2003, typed within a sketched outline of a naked woman and signed with the president\u2019s signature in the pubic area. The note ends with: \u201cHappy Birthday \u2014 and may every day be another wonderful secret.\u201d Trump has repeatedly claimed the note is fake.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAt the time of publication, defendants recklessly disregarded whether the defamatory statements were true and\/or they purposefully avoided the discovery of the truth,\u201d Trump\u2019s lawyer Alejandro Brito wrote in the amended complaint, which was filed in May.<\/p>\n
The newspaper argued in its filing that strong free-speech rights around matters of public concern are \u201cessential to the common quest for truth and the vitality of society as a whole,\u201d quoting a landmark Supreme Court case on the First Amendment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis lawsuit, brought by the President of the United States, subverts this principle,\u201d the Journal said. Trump \u201chas now had a full and fair opportunity to plead a defamation claim against defendants and has twice not done so,\u201d the newspaper said.<\/p>\n
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