Judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against Wall Street Journal and Murdoch
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A Florida judge dismissed President Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch.
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A Florida judge has dismissed President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch, which stemmed from a report alleging Trump sent a "bawdy" letter to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. The judge ruled that the complaint failed to outline malice, despite Trump's argument that a lewd drawing central to the story was fake. This dismissal is significant given Murdoch's status as a key media ally of President Trump, whose News Corporation owns the Journal. The court has granted President Trump two weeks to refile the case.
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