Trump Refiles $10 Billion Libel Suit Against Wall Street Journal After Judge Tossed Earlier Case
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 28
Trump Refiles $10 Billion Libel Suit Against Wall Street Journal After Judge Tossed Earlier Case
8 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 28
$10 billion is at stake in a revised libel complaint Trump filed late Wednesday in federal court in Florida against the Wall Street Journal and parent News Corp.
The new filing targets a Journal article about Trump's alleged close ties to Jeffrey Epstein and replaces an earlier version of the suit.
A judge had dismissed the original complaint after finding it did not sufficiently allege “actual malice,” the standard public figures must meet in defamation cases.
The refiling met a court-set deadline, keeping Trump's case alive as he tries to clear the pleading hurdle that sank the first lawsuit.
While suing over an Epstein article, why does the government withhold millions of pages of related files from public view?
What is the real goal of a libel lawsuit that is historically almost impossible for a public figure to win?