"Judge Darrin P Gayles ruled that Trump's complaint fails to adequately allege actual malice, which is necessary for defamation lawsuits by public figures. The Journal's efforts to verify the drawing's authenticity were significant."
"Trump's team has until April 27 to re-file the lawsuit with additional evidence that the Journal published the claim while knowing it was false or likely to be false."
A Florida judge dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal regarding a report about a letter he sent to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. The judge allowed Trump two weeks to re-file the case. Trump claimed the drawing in the report was fake, but the Journal argued the story was accurate and did not meet defamation standards. The judge found insufficient evidence of actual malice, stating the Journal sought to verify the drawing's authenticity. Trump can re-file the lawsuit with additional evidence by April 27.
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