"U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles in Florida wrote in the order that Trump had failed to make the argument that the article was published with the intent to be malicious, but gave the president a chance to file an amended complaint."
"Trump filed the lawsuit in July, following up on a promise to sue the paper almost immediately after it put a new spotlight on his well-documented relationship with Epstein by publishing an article that described a sexually suggestive letter that the newspaper said bore Trump's signature."
"The ruling marks yet another blow in the Trump administration's efforts to manage fallout over its release of the Epstein files and the president's attempts to use the legal system to chill reporting he finds critical of him."
A federal judge dismissed President Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch regarding an article on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Judge Darrin P. Gayles stated that Trump did not prove the article was published with malicious intent but allowed him to file an amended complaint. The lawsuit followed the publication of a letter linked to Trump in a 2003 album for Epstein's birthday, which Congress later subpoenaed. This ruling represents a setback for Trump's legal efforts against critical reporting.
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