Could Trump’s Legal Threats Backfire?

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Could Trump’s threats to sue the Wall Street Journal over the Epstein story bring even more attention to the case? Correspondent Nick Harper shares his thoughts.

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00:00So, just on the legal threats that we've heard against the Wall Street Journal as well,

00:04could this actually backfire?

00:06Could it bring more attention, do you think, to the Epstein case

00:08and actually have the opposite effect compared to what Trump would like to see happen?

00:12Well, there is certainly that possibility.

00:14Donald Trump has posted on social media that he is looking forward to public testimony

00:19if all of this goes to court.

00:22But that in itself could potentially be damaging for the president

00:26because the Wall Street Journal would be hauled up in front of a judge

00:29in front of a court, all of it on the public record,

00:33having to explain details of this story that they published,

00:37details of how they got that information, how they were able to find out

00:41and what they saw when they reviewed that book related to Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday.

00:48They would have to talk more about this alleged letter

00:51that Donald Trump may or may not have written.

00:54So there is that potential that this could boomerang back on the president

00:58because he is the one that's pushing to sue the Wall Street Journal.

01:01But the Wall Street Journal might have more information

01:03that they could potentially release as a result of that lawsuit.

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