JUDGE SIGNALS TRUMP’S DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST WALL STREET JOURNAL MAY BE DISMISSED AGAIN

Obama-appointed judge seemed unmoved by Trump attorneys’ arguments in case also naming Murdoch A federal judge in Florida seemed skeptical of arguments from Donald Trump’s legal team on Wednesday over whether the court… Trump sued the Journal and the News Corp founder Rupert Murdoch over a July 2025 article about a “bawdy” letter reportedly from Trump that was included in a 2003 birthday book for disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Media | The Guardian reports that obama-appointed judge seemed unmoved by Trump attorneys’ arguments in case also naming Murdoch A federal judge in Florida seemed skeptical of arguments from Donald Trump’s legal team on Wednesday over whether the court…

The report adds: Trump sued the Journal and the News Corp founder Rupert Murdoch over a July 2025 article about a “bawdy” letter reportedly from Trump that was included in a 2003 birthday book for disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump has denied authoring or signing the letter, and his attorneys have argued that the Journal published the story despite having been told it was false.

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