Judge dismisses Trump’s US$10 billion Wall Street Journal lawsuit over Epstein report

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A federal judge dismissed US President Donald Trump’s US$10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch on Monday over a story on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
US 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...

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Trump Defamation Suit Dismissed