"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."
"The letter was subsequently released publicly by Congress, which subpoenaed the records from Epstein's estate. Trump denied writing it, calling the story 'false, malicious, and defamatory.'"
"Attorneys for the newspaper and Murdoch had asked Gayles to rule that the article's statements were true and therefore couldn't be defamatory, but the judge wrote that 'whether President Trump was the author of the Letter or Epstein's friend are questions of fact that cannot be determined at this stage of the litigation.'"
"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 regarding a story on his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The judge stated Trump failed to prove the article was published with malicious intent but allowed for an amended complaint. The lawsuit followed an article that highlighted a letter allegedly signed by Trump, which he denied writing. The judge noted that questions about authorship and friendship with Epstein are factual matters not resolvable at this stage of litigation.
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