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Another legal blow for Donald Trump, and this time, the door is shut.
A US federal judge has thrown out Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over a reported birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein, ruling that the president cannot amend or refile the case. The decision marks a fresh setback in Trump’s legal battle with the media.
US District Judge Darrin Gayles on Oct. 31 dismissed Trump's $10bn dollar lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal, ruling the suit was "grasping at straws".
Gayles ruled that Trump failed to plausibly allege that the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper acted with “actual malice” when it published the story.
Gayles rejected the president’s argument that The Journal should have withheld its story after he denied writing the letter, saying such a requirement would violate the First Amendment.
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