Judge Throws Out Trump’s $10 Billion Suit Against the Wall Street Journal
U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles on Saturday dismissed with prejudice President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch and others over the paper’s 2025 report on a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein, meaning it cannot be refiled. The judge found the amended complaint still failed to plausibly allege “actual malice.” Dow Jones said it was pleased; Trump’s legal team said he would “continue to press forward.”
What’s confirmed
- U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles on Saturday dismissed with prejudice President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch and others over the paper’s 2025 report on a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein, meaning it cannot be refiled.
- The judge found the amended complaint still failed to plausibly allege “actual malice.” Dow Jones said it was pleased; Trump’s legal team said he would “continue to press forward.”
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- Published at 96% with 4 independent confirmations.
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