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Why Rupert Murdoch won’t be deposed in Trump’s Epstein defamation lawsuit just yet Per a joint agreement, Murdoch is due to provide health updates to the president, who is suing him and others over a Jeffrey Epstein-related story.
Aug. 6, 2025, 5:12 PM EDT
By Jordan Rubin
President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over a Jeffrey Epstein-related story seemed like a long shot from the moment it was filed last month. But the suit quickly raised an interesting prospect when Trump’s lawyers moved to speedily depose Rupert Murdoch , whose company publishes the Journal.
Yet, a joint stipulation from the parties this week shows that it won’t be happening immediately.
Among the reasons the president’s lawyers had cited in seeking the qu