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Trump seeks quick Murdoch deposition in Wall Street Journal lawsuit over Epstein story

Trump seeks quick Murdoch deposition in Wall Street Journal lawsuit over Epstein story
LATE BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEWSROOM RIGHT NOW. JEN. THAT’S RIGHT. ED AND MARIA THIS AFTERNOON, A BIPARTISAN SUBCOMMITTEE VOTED TO SUBPOENA THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO RELEASE THE ENTIRETY OF THE EPSTEIN FILES. PRESIDENT TRUMP DENYING THAT HE KNEW. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN THE DOCUMENTS. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTING. ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI DID WARN PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT HIS NAME WAS IN THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES BACK IN MAY, JUST WEEKS BEFORE THE DOJ DENIED TO RELEASE THE DOCUMENTS, WHICH DETAIL EPSTEIN’S SEX TRAFFICKING OPERATION IN A SO-CALLED CLIENT LIST. CAN SHE TELL YOU WHAT DID SHE TELL YOU ABOUT THE REVIEW? AND SPECIFICALLY, DID SHE TELL YOU AT ALL THAT YOUR NAME APPEARED IN THE IN THE FILES? HE’S GIVEN US JUST A VERY QUICK BRIEFING. THE JOURNAL’S REPORT COMING A WEEK AFTER THE PRESIDENT DENIED THE CONVERSATION TOOK PLACE. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE TWO OTHER REQUESTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THAT ARE ONGOING, BUT I’LL LET THE PRESIDENT SPEAK TO WHETHER HE WANTS TO SEE AN APPEAL. A BIPARTISAN HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE VOTING TO SUBPOENA THE DOJ WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, THE SAME DAY EPSTEIN’S COCONSPIRATOR WAS ALSO SUBPOENAED BY CONGRESS. GHISLAINE MAXWELL IS CURRENTLY SERVING 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR HER ROLE IN EPSTEIN’S OPERATION TO SEX TRAFFICKED UNDERAGE GIRLS. EVEN SOME REPUBLICANS ARE BACKING THE MOVE. I WILL BE SUPPORTING IT, BUT IT’S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE PROTECT VICTIMS. HE SAID. THIS GUY WAS A DIRTBAG. HE BANNED HIM FROM MAR A LAGO. THAT’S BEEN PRETTY WELL DOCUMENTED. AND YOU’VE SEEN THE PICTURES. THEY KNEW EACH OTHER. YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE ON THE LIST DOESN’T MEAN THAT. THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU’RE A PEDOPHILE. YOU’D HAVE TO BE HAVE YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND TO SAY
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Updated: 1:47 PM CDT Jul 28, 2025
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Trump seeks quick Murdoch deposition in Wall Street Journal lawsuit over Epstein story
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Updated: 1:47 PM CDT Jul 28, 2025
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President Donald Trump is asking a federal court in Florida to force Rupert Murdoch to give a deposition for the president's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal within 15 days, citing the media mogul's age and physical condition.Trump sued the Journal, owned by Murdoch, in the U.S. District Court in southern Florida on July 18 for its story reporting on the Republican president's ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and alleged child sex trafficker who died in a New York jail in 2019 before trial.The president's motion to the court on Monday noted Murdoch is 94 years old, is believed to have suffered several health scares in recent years and is presumed to live in New York."Taken together, these factors weigh heavily in determining that Murdoch would be unavailable for in-person testimony at trial," Trump's request to the court said.A spokesman for Murdoch's News Corp. did not immediately return a request for comment. Trump's motion said that, in a telephone conversation, Murdoch's lawyer indicated he would oppose the effort.

President Donald Trump is asking a federal court in Florida to force Rupert Murdoch to give a deposition for the president's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal within 15 days, citing the media mogul's age and physical condition.

Trump sued the Journal, owned by Murdoch, in the U.S. District Court in southern Florida on July 18 for its story reporting on the Republican president's ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and alleged child sex trafficker who died in a New York jail in 2019 before trial.

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The president's motion to the court on Monday noted Murdoch is 94 years old, is believed to have suffered several health scares in recent years and is presumed to live in New York.

"Taken together, these factors weigh heavily in determining that Murdoch would be unavailable for in-person testimony at trial," Trump's request to the court said.

A spokesman for Murdoch's News Corp. did not immediately return a request for comment. Trump's motion said that, in a telephone conversation, Murdoch's lawyer indicated he would oppose the effort.