President Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal after the paper reported he sent a sexually suggestive birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. The White House escalated the feud by banning the Journal from the press pool covering Trump’s Scotland trip, sparking widespread condemnation from other media outlets and free speech advocates.
Legal experts say Trump faces an uphill battle due to strict US defamation laws protecting media reporting on public figures. The controversy has also reignited scrutiny of Trump’s past relationship with Epstein and fractured his longstanding alliance with Murdoch.
Meanwhile, Trump’s supporters have rallied to his defense, dismissing the allegations as politically motivated attacks.
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