Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:52am on 01 Nov 2026,Sunday International
A US federal judge has permanently dismissed President Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media owner Rupert Murdoch over its report on an alleged birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein. Judge Darrin Gayles ruled that Trump failed to show the newspaper acted with actual malice, a legal requirement for public figures bringing defamation claims. The report, published in 2025, said a letter bearing Trump's name appeared in an album prepared for Epstein's 50th birthday in 2003. Trump denied writing it and called the report false. The judge said the revised lawsuit lacked sufficient evidence of wrongdoing. (PC: India Today)
