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Trump Fires Back with $10B Lawsuit After Journalist Ousted

7/22/2025

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In a dramatic turn of events, Tarini Parti of The Wall Street Journal was ousted from the press pool during President Trump's Scotland trip after her report connected him to Jeffrey Epstein. The White House condemned her work as "fake and defamatory," while Trump retaliated with a staggering $10 billion defamation lawsuit, denying authorship of a contentious letter to Epstein.

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In a dramatic turn of events, Tarini Parti of The Wall Street Journal was ousted from the press pool during President Trump's Scotland trip after her report connected him to Jeffrey Epstein. The White House condemned her work as "fake and defamatory," while Trump retaliated with a staggering $10 billion defamation lawsuit, denying authorship of a contentious letter to Epstein.