Claim 362

Dow Jones argued the lawsuit was an attempt to penalize the Journal for publishing speech later shown to be true.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Dow Jones argued the lawsuit was an attempt to penalize the Journal for publishing speech later shown to be true.
Field: status
Value: Dow Jones seeks dismissal
About: incident 2025-trump-sues-wall-street-journal-epstein-letter
Source: Wall Street Journal Seeks to Dismiss Trump's Defamation Lawsuit Over Epstein Letter Story
Publisher: Variety
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2025-09-23

Quotation from the source

In an affront to the First Amendment, the President of the United States brought this lawsuit to silence a newspaper for publishing speech that was subsequently proven true by documents released by Congress to the American public.