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Murdoch to give Trump health updates in deal to delay deposition in WSJ case
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Aug 5, 2025
Rupert Murdoch has agreed to provide regular health updates to President Donald Trump’s legal team as part of a deal to delay his deposition.
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Rupert Murdoch is looking to avoid a deposition in President Trump's $10 billion libel lawsuit
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against him and his media companies, striking a new deal that would require the 94-year-old
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to provide regular health updates to Trump's legal team. Both sides agreed that those updates
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would satisfy Trump's push for an expedited deposition. Now it's up to a judge to approve it
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Trump sued Murdoch, who owns the Wall Street Journal, through his company News Corp, over an article that claimed the president sent a birthday letter to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2003
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Trump denies writing the note. The new agreement, filed jointly by both legal teams, requires Murdoch to submit a sworn statement on his current health within three days of a judge approving the deal
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He must also notify Trump's lawyers of any major changes to his health status
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The filing states Murdoch has further agreed to provide regularly scheduled updates to plaintiff regarding his health including a mechanism for him to alert the plaintiff if there is a material change to his health
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The move comes after Trump's legal team pushed for an expedited deposition
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warning that Murdoch's age and declining health could make him unavailable to testify
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by the time the case goes to trial. The new agreement pushes Murdoch's deposition until
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after a judge decides whether to toss the suit. If the case moves forward, Murdoch would have 30
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days to testify under oath about the inner workings of the journal and how they came about
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publishing the story about Trump's alleged letter to Epstein. And if Murdoch fails to provide the
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promised health updates, he'd have to sit for an expedited deposition. The judge still has to sign
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off on this new agreement between Murdoch and Trump to delay deposition, but approval is said
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to be likely since both sides have already agreed to the terms. Thank you for watching our news
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