Judge Blocks Donald Trump’s Third Bid to Depose Rupert Murdoch
Summary
A judge has stopped President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to question Rupert Murdoch as part of Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal. The court paused the evidence-gathering phase while it reviews the defendants’ request to dismiss the case.Key Facts
- President Trump sued Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal for defamation over a story about a letter allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein.
- The lawsuit seeks at least $10 billion in damages, claiming the story was false and malicious.
- The initial lawsuit was dismissed by a judge because Trump did not meet the high legal standard for defamation against public figures.
- Trump filed an amended complaint earlier this year, restarting the legal process.
- Trump’s lawyers wanted to question Murdoch under oath (a deposition) as part of gathering evidence.
- Murdoch’s lawyers asked the court to pause evidence gathering while the dismissal request is decided.
- Judge Darrin P. Gayles granted the pause, marking the third time discovery has been stopped in this case.
- Murdoch’s legal team argued that allowing discovery too soon would waste resources and harm free speech protections under the First Amendment.
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