The Wall Street Journal, its parent company and Rupert Murdoch asked a federal judge to dismiss Donald Trumpā€˜s $10 billion defamation lawsuit over the publication’s report on the president’s past connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

ā€œThe First Amendment’s protections for truthful speech are the backbone of the Constitution,ā€ the Journal’s attorneys wrote in their motion.

The attorneys also challenged the notion the that the article could have damaged Trump’s reputation, noting that he had ā€œpublicly admitted to ā€˜locker room talk’ and has made numerous bawdy public statements,ā€ as well as to his relationship with Epstein.

  • Madison420@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Take it to court morons, to prove damages you have to prove it isn’t true, they don’t have to prove shit.

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      7 days ago

      Trump will never in a million years let this progress to the point where he’s subject to discovery. Even if it went that far, Trump would have a hard time making convincing anyone that defamation is even possible for someone as vile as he is.