# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-trump-sues-wall-street-journal-epstein-letter)
- Source: Wall Street Journal Seeks to Dismiss Trump's Defamation Lawsuit Over Epstein Letter Story. https://au.variety.com/2025/biz/news/wall-street-journal-dismiss-trump-defamation-lawsuit-epstein-letter-28054
- 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.

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