Trump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letter is dismissed with prejudice

A national justice connected Saturday threw retired President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar suit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch implicit a communicative reporting connected his ties to affluent financier Jeffrey Epstein.

U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles successful Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice, ruling that the president did not beryllium the defendants made defamatory statements with existent malice.

The suit was implicit a communicative the Journal published past twelvemonth describing a sexually suggestive missive that the insubstantial said bore Trump’s sanction and was included successful a 2003 medium compiled for Epstein’s 50th birthday.