Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday book
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 U.S. judge has dismissed President Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. According to the New Straits Times and Variety, U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice, meaning an amended version cannot be filed, because Trump failed to establish that the defendants acted with actual malice.
The legal action followed a July 2025 report by the Wall Street Journal regarding a 2003 birthday letter purportedly written and signed by Trump to Jeffrey Epstein. The New Straits Times reported that the letter allegedly featured a drawing of a naked woman and included a short dialogue between Donald and Jeffrey. The Toronto Sun described the letter as a bawdy note sent to the notorious sex offender.
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