Trump saves Wall Street journal for $10B over Epstein report

NEW YORK — Former U.S. President Donald Trump has filed a libel lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal , its parent company Dow Jones, and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, alleging defamation over a report linking him to deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein. The lawsuit, filed in a Florida court on Thursday, centers on a July 2024 Wall Street Journal article that allegedly suggested Trump had closer ties to Epstein than previously known. The report cited purportedly unsealed documents from Epstein’s estate, suggesting Trump had been in contact with Epstein more extensively than he has publicly admitted. Trump, through his attorneys, argues that the story was “knowingly false and malicious,” and aimed to damage his personal and political reputation as he mounts another bid for the presidency in 2024. The former president has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing or inappropriate relationship with Epstein, who was arrested in 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges a...