The Wall Street Journal, its parent company and Rupert Murdoch asked a federal judge to dismiss Donald Trump‘s $10 billion defamation lawsuit over the publication’s report on the president’s past connections to Jeffrey Epstein.
“The First Amendment’s protections for truthful speech are the backbone of the Constitution,” the Journal’s attorneys wrote in their motion.
The attorneys also challenged the notion the that the article could have damaged Trump’s reputation, noting that he had “publicly admitted to ‘locker room talk’ and has made numerous bawdy public statements,” as well as to his relationship with Epstein.
Rooting for Murdoch makes me feel dirty.
You’re not rooting for him, you’re supporting free speech
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Haven’t they heard Trump’s pronouncement? If they are not sufficiently groveling and bootlicking it isn’t free speech.
Honestly I wish the judge doesn’t dismiss it so we can get to discovery and have lawyers depose Mr Trump. So much stuff would come out of that.
I’ve got my popcorn ready, but I won’t get my hopes up yet.
Yeah, you’re gonna have some really stale popcorn if you wait till consequences are actually happening.
Take it to court morons, to prove damages you have to prove it isn’t true, they don’t have to prove shit.
Trump will never in a million years let this progress to the point where he’s subject to discovery. Even if it went that far, Trump would have a hard time making convincing anyone that defamation is even possible for someone as vile as he is.
