Donald Trump files amended defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has filed an amended defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and its parent company, Dow Jones, seeking at least $10 billion in damages. This legal action follows the dismissal of a previous complaint in April by Florida District Judge Darrin P. Gayles, who ruled that Trump failed to prove the newspaper acted with actual malice. The case stems from a 2023 report regarding a birthday card allegedly sent by Trump to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. The publication described the card as containing suggestive text and a hand-drawn female figure. Trump maintains that the document is a forgery and denies any involvement. In the revised filing, Trump's legal team continues to allege that the defendants acted with reckless disregard for the truth. The lawsuit names media mogul Rupert Murdoch, News Corp CEO Robert Thomson, and journalists Khadeeja Safdar and Joseph Palazzolo as defendants. The court will now evaluate if the amended complaint satisfies the necessary legal criteria for defamation claims.