Judge Dismisses Trump's Defamation Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Letter

11/01/2026

The dismissal is a blow to Trump and his administration, which have pursued adversarial relationships with news organisations during his second term.

11/01/2026

Trump's alleged letter to Epstein featured a drawing of a naked woman.

11/01/2026

A federal judge dismisses Trump's $20 billion Wall Street Journal lawsuit over its Epstein birthday letter report.

11/01/2026

US 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.

11/01/2026

A US judge on Saturday dismissed President Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, bringing an end to the long legal challenge over the newspaper's reporting on his alleged...

11/01/2026

Trump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letter is dismissed with prejudice

11/01/2026

A federal judge has thrown out President Donald Trump's multibillion-dollar lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over a story reporting on his ties to wealthy...

11/01/2026

The ruling permanently ends the case, which challenged the newspaper’s reporting on an alleged letter included in Epstein’s 2003 birthday album

10/31/2026

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.

10/31/2026

The president failed to show the newspaper acted with ‘actual malice’ by publishing sexually suggestive birthday note

10/31/2026

Saying the US president was "grasping at straws", a federal judge on Saturday threw out Donald Trump’s US$10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over a...

10/31/2026

Saying the president was "grasping at straws," a U.S. federal judge on Saturday threw out Donald Trump's $10-billion lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over a...

10/31/2026

A federal judge threw out President Donald Trump's defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal over its story about Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.