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'Grasping at straws': Trump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal dismissed

KCRA reports: A federal judge on Saturday threw out President Donald Trump's multibillion-dollar lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. Related video above: DOJ releases final batch of Epstein files: what is and isn't included (1/30/26) U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice, ruling that the president did not prove the defendants made defamatory statements with actual malice.

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WilluChill News DeskSacramento, California area (publisher market; exact incident location not stated) · Published Saturday, October 31, 2026 at 9:04 PM UTCUpdated Saturday, October 31, 2026 at 10:14 PM UTC

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