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Wednesday, July 08, 2026

Another one of President Donald Trump's lawsuits against a news organization has fizzled out. This time, it is a defamation lawsuit that the Trump Media and Technology Group brought against The Washington Post in 2023 over a story titled "Trust linked to porn-friendly bank could gain a stake in Trump's Truth Social." A federal judge in Florida has thrown out the suit, saying that Trump Media "failed to present evidence that would allow a jury to find by clear and convincing evidence" that The Post "published the allegedly defamatory statements with actual malice."

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Trump has been involved in over 4,000 lawsuits in his life... which must be some kind of Record.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-07-08 01:53 PM | Reply

"Kaplan, in his order Wednesday directing the money to be disbursed to Carroll, pointed to the language of an agreement between her and Trump that called for the money to be given her if the Supreme Court denied his request that it hear his appeal of the verdict in her favor."

Now wait just a minute!?!?! Are you telling me I have to abide by an agreement I made?!? On what freaking planet does this kind of b#llsh##t happen?!?!
~ DJT
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#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-08 02:38 PM | Reply

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