Judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday book
A US judge has thrown out President Donald Trump’s $10bn dollar lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal, ruling the suit was “grasping at straws”. Trump had sued the media outlet’s parent company Dow Jones and its leader Rupert Murdoch last year after it reported on a letter allegedly written by Trump to disgraced financier and [...] The post Judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against Wall Street…
A US judge has dismissed former President Donald Trump's $10 billion dollar lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal, stating the case was "grasping at straws" and ran counter to the First Amendment. Trump had sued the media outlet's parent company Dow Jones and its leader Rupert Murdoch after the newspaper reported on a letter allegedly written by Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, a disgraced financier and sex offender, in a 2003 birthday book.
Trump denied writing or signing the letter, which included suggestive language and a drawing of a nude woman's outline. Judge Darrin Gayles ruled the suit was an attempt to defame the newspaper, which conducted a "thoughtful and detailed investigation" leading to the story. The judge dismissed the case "with prejudice," meaning Trump cannot file the lawsuit again.
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