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Neither Carol nor Hoffman commenting yet on the latest reporting.

The DOJ declining to comment on the investigation to multiple outlets.

CNN legal analyst Allie Honig explaining why a perjury case is serious, but not simple.

President Trump refiling his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the publisher of the Wall Street Journal and two of its reporters, taking another run at the case after a federal judge tossed the original complaint last month.

The lawsuit centering on a July 2025 report about Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday album, compiled in 2003 by Ghislaine Maxwell, years before the disgraced financier was convicted on prostitution charges involving a minor.

The journal publishing a story headlined, quote, Jeffrey Epstein's friends sent him body letters for a 50th birthday album.

One was from Donald Trump.

President Trump repeatedly denying authoring the letter.

Shortly after the article's publication, Mr. Trump's legal team filing a defamation lawsuit in the U.S.

District Court for the Southern District of Florida, naming the journal's parent company, News Corp., founder Rupert Murdoch, CEO Robert Thompson, publisher Dow Jones, and two reporters.

Mr. Trump's lawyers arguing the report caused significant financial and reputational harm.

The journal's legal team urging the court to dismiss the case, arguing the reporting was accurate and that Trump could not show the journal acted with, quote, actual malice in its reporting, a standard required for public figures.

Obama appointed U.S.

District Judge Darren Gales siding with the journal, dismissing the complaint without prejudice, meaning the president can refile at a later date.

Now the president's legal team doing just that.

In the amended filing, Mr. Trump's lawyers argue the journal and its reporters presented the letter as fact without showing proof that he wrote, drew, or signed it.

They also argued the journal failed to explain how the letter was obtained, how it was verified, and questioned why the article did not include a denial from Ghislaine Maxwell, who reportedly told the DOJ she did not recall receiving a letter from Trump for the book.

According to the complaint, Mr. Trump personally called Rupert Murdoch before publication, denied sending or signing the letter, and believed Murdoch would stop the story after allegedly saying he would, quote, handle it.

A spokesperson from Dow Jones referring to a previous statement, quote, we have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit.

Treasury Secretary Scott Besant stepping behind the White House briefing room podium, becoming the latest cabinet official to fill in as Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt remains out on maternity leave.