A federal judge on Oct. 31 dismissed President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal’s publisher and other defendants over an article about a birthday letter allegedly sent to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles in Miami ruled that Trump failed to adequately allege actual malice, the standard requiring public figures to show defendants published information knowing it was false or recklessly disregarding whether it was false.
The dismissal was with prejudice, meaning Trump cannot file another amended complaint. Trump had sought $10 billion in the lawsuit.
In his ruling, Gayles wrote that Trump was “grasping at straws.”…