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Trump V WSJ: Murdoch Deposition Paused Until Dismissal Hearing In Libel Case
The lawyers of President Donald Trump and media magnate Rupert Murdoch have agreed to pause an effort to force the 94-year-old billionaire to testify before a Florida federal court in the president's defamation case against The Wall Street Journal's reporting on Trump's ties with Jeffrey Epstein until the Murdoch-owned outlet's motion to dismiss the case is heard. President Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion libel suit against billionaire Rupert Murdoch and his newspaper the Wall Street Journal. AFP via Getty Images According to a filing made before the Southern District of Florida federal court, both sides have agreed to a deal that until Murdoch and the Journal's dismissal motion is heard, neither side will 'engage in discovery.' The filing states that if Murdoch's dismissal motion is denied, the billionaire's 'deposition shall occur in person, at a mutually agreed-upon location in the United States' within 30 days. If the deal is approved by the court, the 94-year-old News Corp founder must provide 'a sworn declaration describing his current health condition' within three days and share 'regularly scheduled updates' on his health thereafter. The deal will also require Murdoch to alert Trump's lawyers if 'there is a material change in his health,' and failure to comply with these health updates will result in an expedited deposition of the billionaire. Late last month, Trump filed a motion before the court seeking an 'expedited deposition' from Murdoch. The motion argued that the 94-year-old's advanced age, reported health issues, and his residence in New York may complicate efforts to get his testimony later as the case moves forward in a Florida federal court. The motion had requested that Murdoch's deposition take place within 15 days, but the judge overseeing the case had given Murdoch until Monday to respond to the request. What Do We Know About Trump's Suit Against Wsj And Murdoch? Last month, the Wall Street Journal published a report alleging that a sexually suggestive letter and a hand-drawn image of a naked woman included in disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday album bore the president's name and signature. The report immediately drew the president's ire, and a statement issued on Truth Social claimed that 'The Wall Street Journal, and Rupert Murdoch, personally, were warned directly' by Trump that this letter 'was a FAKE and, if they print it, they will be sued.' Trump swiftly followed through with his threat and filed a defamation suit in a Florida federal court against Murdoch, the Journal's publisher, Dow Jones, and the two reporters who wrote the story, seeking $10 billion in damages. After the suit was filed, Trump said he was looking forward to 'getting Rupert Murdoch to testify in my lawsuit against him and his 'pile of garbage' newspaper.' The filing by Trump's attorneys seeking an expedited deposition from Murdoch last week alleged that Murdoch 'advised President Trump that 'he would take care of it'' after the president reached out to him disputing the story, but the outlet still went ahead and published the piece. The filing cited reports that Murdoch claimed 'to others that he had direct involvement in the framing of the Article,' and alleged that 'Murdoch's direct involvement further underscores Defendants' actual malice and intent behind the decision to publish the false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements about President Trump.' Further Reading Trump Trolls Rupert Murdoch: Asks For 94-Year-Old To Be Deposed ASAP In Wall Street Journal Epstein Case (Forbes) Trump Sues Rupert Murdoch, Dow Jones Over WSJ Story Linking Him To Jeffrey Epstein (Forbes)
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Exclusive: White House to Target 'Debanking'
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George Clooney Hits Back at Biggest Criticism of His Acting
George Clooney doesn't 'give a s--t' about what his critics—including Hunter Biden—think of his acting, he declared in a recent interview. Clooney addressed the criticism that his roles lack 'versatility' in a profile for Vanity Fair out Monday. 'Do people say that I only play myself? I don't give a s--t,' he told the magazine. 'There aren't that many guys in my age group that are allowed to do both broad comedies like O Brother [Where Art Thou/], and then do Michael Clayton, or Syriana. So if that means I'm playing myself all the time, I don't give a s--t.' As a high-profile Democratic fundraiser and activist, Clooney has butted heads with a number of political figures on both sides of the aisle—drawing criticism for his acting work nearly every time. Last June, Russian security head Dmitry Medvedev threatened Clooney over the Clooney Foundation's work in the country, as he called him a 'mediocre actor' in a post to X. Most recently, Joe Biden's son Hunter took aim at the actor on the At Our Table podcast after Clooney wrote an New York Times op-ed pushing the then-president not to seek re-election. 'I love George Clooney's movies, but I don't really give a s--t what he thinks about who should be the nominee for the Democratic Party,' Biden said at the time. He then slammed Clooney's acting abilities in his expletive-filled tirade, 'I was about to say I really like George Clooney as an actor, but the truth of the matter is, the truth is, I'll be honest, I really don't like George Clooney as an actor or as a person.' 'F--- him! F--- him and f--- everybody around him,' he also said, 'I agree with Quentin Tarantino. George Clooney is not a f---ing actor... He's a brand.' Others have criticized Clooney's filmography by arguing he should stick to playing 'suave,' as his 'range of emotions is limited.' Clooney told Vanity Fair he doesn't see any validity in the critique. 'I've been the beneficiary of having my career not be massively successful in lots of different directions,' Clooney said. 'I didn't really get successful, in the kind of success that can be blinding, until I was 33 years old. I'd been working for 12 years at that point. I had a real understanding of how fleeting all of it is and how little it has to do with you, quite honestly.' Clooney will soon star alongside Adam Sandler in Noah Baumbach's new film for Netflix, Jay Kelly, which is expected to be an awards season contender. Solve the daily Crossword
