# Baltimore Sun owner threatens MD Gov Wes Moore with lawsuit over what he calls a defamatory Epstein link

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/baltimore-sun-owner-threatens-md-gov-wes-moore-with-lawsuit-over-what-he-calls-a-defamatory-epstein-link/
- Published: 2026-07-16T13:37:07+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-16T14:15:28+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/media/baltimore-sun-owner-threatens-md-governor-wes-moore-lawsuit-over-what-he-calls-defamatory-epstein-link
- Topics: Geopolitics, Politics, World

## Key points

- Baltimore Sun owner David Smith threatens to sue Gov. Wes Moore over Epstein remarks
- Smith calls the alleged comments defamatory
- Comes as Moore also disputes a separate report on his family history claims

## Summary

David Smith, the owner of The Baltimore Sun, has threatened to sue Maryland Governor Wes Moore over remarks Smith says falsely linked him to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The dispute is significant because it pits a sitting state governor, seen as a rising Democratic figure with potential national ambitions, against the ownership of a major regional newspaper, raising questions about press-politician relations and the limits of political rhetoric about media figures.

The threat comes amid separate scrutiny of Moore, after a Washington Free Beacon report alleged he had embellished or misrepresented details of his family history, including a story about relatives fleeing the Ku Klux Klan. Moore has publicly rejected that report's claims as "hurtful" and "offensive." The exact wording of Moore's alleged Epstein comments and the precise nature of the threatened legal action against him were not detailed in the available material.

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