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HERE IS THE LAWSUIT alleging defamation, filed against the Wall Street Journal by 47. (Original Post) pnwmom Jul 18 OP
Is there any way possible on this planet BOSSHOG Jul 18 #1
10 billion dollars lol sboatcar Jul 18 #2
How many attended Epstein's 50th birthday party? C_U_L8R Jul 18 #3
After Trump's previous litigiousness, I really don't see the WSJ publishing this story Prairie Gates Jul 18 #9
The Journal will fight this. johnnyfins Jul 18 #4
Filed in Florida??? nt in2herbs Jul 18 #5
Negative style points from the outset... ultralite001 Jul 18 #6
Trump's lawyer, Alejandro Brito... ultralite001 Jul 18 #7
Both Vance and this lawsuit are demanding that WSJ release the letter image / facsimile Prairie Gates Jul 18 #8

C_U_L8R

(47,753 posts)
3. How many attended Epstein's 50th birthday party?
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:02 PM
Jul 18

A few witnesses could shut rootin-tootin-lawsuit-shootin Donald up.

Prairie Gates

(5,748 posts)
9. After Trump's previous litigiousness, I really don't see the WSJ publishing this story
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:40 PM
Jul 18

without the bona fide goods.

The Trumpies are trying to bait the WSJ into releasing their facsimile copy of the letter so they can churn it in the conspiracy boards, challenging fonts and marker widths and other minutia. They've been baiting the Journal on this all day. For some reason, the Journal is not playing their game, which is at least mildly interesting.

ultralite001

(1,903 posts)
6. Negative style points from the outset...
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:07 PM
Jul 18
President Donald J Trump, an individual...

Oh, please...

It's like saying Dr Ima Peacock, MD...

Dude:

DJT, an individual

is sufficient... You're not fooling anyone...

ultralite001

(1,903 posts)
7. Trump's lawyer, Alejandro Brito...
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:21 PM
Jul 18

Here's the game plan redux...

But for now, Trump has Brito at his back.

https://archive.ph/CVURT

The Miami attorney negotiated a $15 million settlement with ABC News in December 2024 over George Stephanopoulos’s defamation claims.

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-lawyer-defamation-lawsuit-rape-1904725

Prairie Gates

(5,748 posts)
8. Both Vance and this lawsuit are demanding that WSJ release the letter image / facsimile
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:37 PM
Jul 18

Needless to say, without the facsimile, it's far harder to turn the MAGA hordes toward their silly little debunking game, where they question every period and comma, etc. This is clearly making Trump insanely angry. He knows the way to counter it is to turn the letter itself into a conspiracy a la Texas Air National Guard. So the WSJ holding the actual letter close to the vest is infuriating them. The suit even claims that the letter doesn't exist, obviously in an attempt to bait its release.

What the WSJ is doing is definitely interesting. One wonders what they're up to. It's thrown a curveball in the MAGA response, in any case, which makes the unfolding at least watchable.

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