‘Grasping at straws’: Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter
The dismissal is a blow to Trump and his administration, which have pursued adversarial relationships with news organisations during his second term.
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The dismissal is a blow to Trump and his administration, which have pursued adversarial relationships with news organisations during his second term.
The judge presiding over Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch throws it out, claiming the US president attempted to "manufacture" flaws in the news outlet's investigative reporting.
Trump had sued for US$10 billion after the newspaper’s story was published in July 2025, detailing the president’s alleged 2003 letter to Epstein, which apparently featured a drawing of a naked woman.
Trump had sued the media outlet after it published a letter to Epstein purportedly written and signed by the president as part of a birthday book.
A US judge has dismissed Trump's US$10 b defamation suit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch, and he can't refile.
U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice, ruling that the president did not prove the defendants made defamatory statements with actual malice as required by law.
A federal judge has once again dismissed President Donald Trump’s defamation claims against the Wall Street Journal over a 2025 report by the paper that a 2003 birthday letter to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was purportedly written by Trump. Trump’s lawsuit “falls short of pleading actual malice,” wrote U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles […]
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U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice, ruling that the president did not prove the defendants made defamatory statements with actual malice as required by law.
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A US judge has dismissed President Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over a story about a birthday card he allegedly sent Jeffrey Epstein.
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In a 20-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice, ruling that President Trump did not prove the defendants made defamatory statements with actual malice.
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UPDATED: A federal judge has again dismissed Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over its reporting on a letter sent to Jeffrey Epstein for his birthday in 2003. U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles wrote in his opinion that Trump’s lawsuit “falls short of pleading actual malice. Indeed, the allegations […]
President Donald Trump denied writing a birthday letter to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which was the subject of a 2025 Wall Street Journal article.
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