Trump Refiles $10 Billion Lawsuit Against The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Trump’s lawyers have argued that the letter was not written or signed by Mr. Trump. In the amended complaint, they argued that The Journal and its reporters had shown actual malice by not explaining in the article how the letter was obtained and how its contents were verified.

They also argued that the reporters should have included a denial from Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted associate of Mr. Epstein’s who compiled the birthday book. The Journal article said Ms. Maxwell had not responded to a letter requesting an interview sent to her in prison. After the article was published, Ms. Maxwell told the Department of Justice that she had no recollection of receiving a letter from Mr. Trump for the book.

The lawyers said Mr. Trump had called Rupert Murdoch, the founder of News Corp, the parent company of The Journal, before the article was published and told him that he had not signed or sent the letter, to which Mr. Murdoch said, “I will handle it,” according to the complaint. Mr. Trump believed he meant that the article would not be published, the complaint added.

Mr. Murdoch declined to comment.

The suit named as defendants The Journal’s parent company, News Corp; Mr. Murdoch; Robert Thomson, News Corp’s chief executive; Dow Jones, The Journal’s publisher; and two Journal reporters.

A Dow Jones spokeswoman pointed to a previous statement on the lawsuit that said, “We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit.”

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/business/media/trump-wsj-defamation-suit-10-billion.html