The Wall Street Journal eviscerated President Donald Trump and his “groundless” defamation suit against the paper, its owners and two of its reporters in a scathing 22-page motion to dismiss filed Wednesday.
Last year, Trump slapped the Journal with a lawsuit demanding a whopping $10 billion in damages for reporting about a salacious drawing he allegedly contributed to a book of birthday wishes for disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The article included no accusations of criminal conducts, leading a judge to toss the original suit for failing to demonstrate the outlet acted with “malice” in publishing the piece — the strict legal standard set to prevent public figures and politicians from filing frivolous defamation claims that infringe on the First Amendment.
Nevertheless, Trump responded by filing yet another suit in May, which the Journal tore into as sloppy, redundant and “woefully” weak while standing by journalists Khadeeja Safdar and Joseph Palazzolo (who are also defendants) in its latest motion to dismiss.
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