Overview
- President Trump took to Truth Social on Tuesday to call Fox host Jessica Tarlov a “real loser” as she discussed gun control on The Five.
- Jessica Tarlov had been mourning New York City shooting victims Julia Hyman and Wesley LePatner and noted that mass shootings fell by 70% under the 1994 assault weapons ban.
- As one of Fox News’s few liberal voices, Tarlov frequently challenges pro-Trump colleagues and conservative narratives during live broadcasts.
- Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal targets a published story about an alleged birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein, which he denies is authentic.
- His legal team has requested that 94-year-old Rupert Murdoch be deposed as part of the suit against the News Corp-owned Journal.