Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The Wall Street Journal filed a motion Monday to dismiss President Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit over the newspaper's reporting on a 50th birthday letter he claims he did not write to Jeffrey Epstein more than two decades ago.
According to the filing, The Journal argued the case should be thrown out because "the article is true."
"Epstein's estate produced the Birthday Book, which contains the letter bearing the bawdy drawing and Trump's signature, exactly as The Wall Street Journal reported."
"While this case's threat to the First Amendment is serious, the claims asserted by President Trump are meritless and should be promptly dismissed with prejudice," the newspaper said.
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