US President Donald Trump on Friday (July 18, 2025), while attacking the Wall Street Journal and its owners, filed a defamation suit of $ 10 billion (about Rs 83,000 crore). The lawsuit has been filed in the federal court in Florida, in which Trump has made two journalists from News Corp owner Rupert Murdoch, Dow Jones Company and Wall Street Journal.
Trump alleges that the Wall Street Journal deliberately published a false and objectionable report, claiming that in 2003 he sent a message to the notorious investor Jeffrey Epstein on his birthday. This message mentioned a pornographic picture and “their shared secrets”. Trump has described this report as baseless, false and character abusing.
Donald Trump made this big claim
The US President said that this report was published with the objective of harming his reputation and political career. Trump claims that this false news has caused him serious economic and social damage. He wrote in his response on Truth Social, “I am waiting for Rupert Murdoch to put it in the dock in the court. His garbage heap newspaper, Wall Street Journal, will now be accountable. This lawsuit is going to be a historic experience.”
Trump has long been accusing the mainstream media of biased reporting. Now he has dragged Murdoch directly into court. At the same time, there has been no official response to this case from Dow Jones, News Corp and Murdoch.
Trump had warned publicly earlier
Significantly, Dow Jones is the owner of the Wall Street Journal and is a subsidiary of the news corp. Trump had also publicly warned that if false reporting did not stop, he would take legal action against Murdoch.
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