Claims extracted
14
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
1 of 14 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans left
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
66/100
CBS News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
13
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit by President Trump against The Wall Street Journal over a story reporting his ties to a birthday book for Jeffrey Epstein has been thrown out.
asserted
lawsuit → report → Epstein
In a 20-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice on Saturday, ruling that Mr. Trump did not prove the defendants made defamatory statements with actual malice.
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defendants → dismiss → malice
He said the lawsuit was "grasping at straws" as it attempted to "manufacture" flaws in the WSJ's investigative reporting.
asserted
it → say → reporting
Actual malice requires that plaintiffs prove that statements made about a public figure were published with the knowledge that they were false, or with disregard for whether they are true or not.
asserted
they → require → disregard
When a case is thrown out "with prejudice," it cannot be refiled again, and the dismissal is permanent and incontrovertible.
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dismissal → throw → prejudice
"President Trump will continue to press forward in his powerhouse lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and all of the other defendants," a spokesperson for Mr. Trump's legal team told CBS News in a statement.
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spokesperson → continue → statement
"The President will continue to hold those who mislead the American People with Fake News and smears accountable for their actions."
asserted
who → continue → actions
A source familiar with Mr. Trump's legal strategy said that the decision will likely be appealed.
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decision → say → strategy
The lawsuit was over a story the WSJ published last year describing a sexually suggestive letter that the paper said bore Mr. Trump's name and was included in a 2003 album compiled for Epstein's 50th birthday.
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paper → publish → birthday
The president dismissed the story as "FAKE" and
against the paper, its parent company News Corp, the company's CEO, the reporters who wrote the story and Rupert Murdoch, News Corp's chairman emeritus.
asserted
who → dismiss → story
House lawmakers later subpoenaed and said: "It's very clear President Trump did not draw this picture, and he did not sign it."
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he → subpoena → it
Then-White House press secretary Karoline LeavittIn April, Gayles
, saying the president's legal team failed to clear the legal bar needed to establish their claim.
uncertain
team → say → claim
He ruled that the president came "nowhere close" to showing the paper acted with "actual malice" toward him, the standard for bringing a defamation suit as a public figure.
asserted
paper → rule → figure
Mr. Trump's legal team refiled the lawsuit.
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team → refile → lawsuit
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