White House Makes Move Against WSJ After Trump-Epstein Story

Trump has since filed a defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and its parent company, owned by Rupert Murdoch, seeking a staggering $10 billion in damages.

Trump says the story is a complete fabrication.

“There is no letter, no drawing, and no truth to this story,” the lawsuit states. Trump’s legal team blasted the Journal for what they call “glaring failures in journalistic ethics and standards of accurate reporting,” noting that the article didn’t actually publish the supposed letter or illustration, CNN added.

“The reason for those failures is because no authentic letter or drawing exists,” the lawsuit says.

The article, written by reporters Khadeeja Safdar and Joe Palazzolo, was published Thursday afternoon. Both journalists are also named in the lawsuit.

Trump wasted no time responding following the publication of the story. Continue reading…