Judge signals Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal may be dismissed again
Summary
A federal judge in Florida expressed doubts about whether President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal should continue. The lawsuit concerns a 2025 article about a letter allegedly from Trump in a 2003 birthday book for Jeffrey Epstein, which Trump denies writing or signing.Key Facts
- President Trump sued the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over a July 2025 article about a “bawdy” letter linked to Jeffrey Epstein’s birthday book.
- Trump denies authoring or signing the letter mentioned in the article.
- The case was dismissed in April because Trump’s lawyers did not meet the legal standard of proving “actual malice,” but he was allowed to refile.
- Trump’s legal team refiled the lawsuit in May.
- The judge expressed skepticism about whether Trump proved he suffered financial harm from the article.
- Lawyers for the Journal and News Corp said the lawsuit lacks merit and the article followed good journalistic practices, including giving Trump’s denials.
- The judge did not make a final ruling during the recent hearing but said one would come soon.
- Discovery, the process of exchanging evidence, was paused by the judge.
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