Trump Refiles Defamation Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal Seeking Ten Billion Dollars

Donald Trump has refiled a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over an article linking him to a birthday letter sent to Jeffrey Epstein.The amended complaint was submitted to a Miami federal court after a judge dismissed the previous filing for failing to adequately prove the legal standard of actual malice.Attorneys for the former president argue that the media outlet knowingly published false claims regarding a lewd note that Trump insists he never authored or signed.The newspaper's parent company Dow Jones stands by its original reporting and has vowed to defend itself against the allegations as the legal battle enters a new phase.
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