All of Trump's past lawsuits against media outlets were filed BEFORE he became president again. Thus, his action against the Wall Street Journal looks to be unprecedented. https://t.co/TiR95wtlik
The Trump lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal is hilarious. "The Article was published in The Wall Street Journal as an exclusive. However, since publication, Defendants have widely disseminated it to hundreds of millions of people worldwide." Do Trump’s lawyers think that https://t.co/nKoQ1tPbTd
The Trump lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal is hilarious. "The Article was published in The Wall Street Journal as an exclusive. However, since publication, Defendants have widely disseminated it to hundreds of millions of people worldwide." Trump filed it pro se. Does https://t.co/yuRsVLx2mb
A docket that briefly appeared on the U.S. District Court’s online system for the Southern District of Florida on Friday indicated that President Donald Trump had filed a libel lawsuit against News Corp, its Dow Jones subsidiary, The Wall Street Journal, owner Rupert Murdoch and two Journal reporters. The putative complaint targets a recent Journal article that described a "bawdy" letter Trump allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein on the financier’s 50th birthday. Several irregularities quickly cast doubt on the filing’s authenticity. The docket listed Trump as a pro-se plaintiff—unusual given his large legal team—and displayed personal addresses for the defendants. More than an hour after the entry appeared, no complaint had been uploaded. A person familiar with Trump’s legal team told Business Insider that no lawsuit had been filed and that any legitimate complaint was still being drafted. If Trump ultimately proceeds, it would mark the first lawsuit he has brought against a media organization since returning to the presidency, according to legal and media scholars. Court officials and representatives for News Corp and Dow Jones have not commented on the anomalous docket entry, which remained under review late Friday.