Donald Trump's WSJ Lawsuit Is Dismissed With Prejudice (Part 2) (11/2/26)
On October 31, 2026, U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles dismissed President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, and two journalists over the newspaper's reporting about a sexually suggestive birthday letter allegedly sent by Trump to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. Trump filed the lawsuit in July 2025 after the newspaper reported that a letter bearing his name appeared in a birthday album assembled by Ghislaine Maxwell for Epstein's 50th birthday. The letter included a drawing of a naked woman, an imaginary conversation between…
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