Washington Post Beats Trump Media Merger Defamation Suit For Now

March 11, 2024, 4:05 PM UTC

The Washington Post won dismissal of defamation claims by the company that runs former President Donald Trump’s social media platform over an article about its proposed multi-billion dollar blank-check merger.

Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., which owns Truth Social, aims to enter the stock market by merging with a publicly traded company called Digital World Acquisition Corp. The proposed special purpose acquisition company deal is set for a shareholder vote on March 22.

TMTG sued the Post after it ran a story on May 13, 2023, entitled “Trust linked to porn-friendly bank could gain a stake in Trump’s Truth ...

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