Judge tosses Trump’s revised lawsuit over Wall Street Journal Epstein report

POLITICO · Gregory Svirnovskiy, Josh Gerstein · 2026-10-31 21:14 UTC

Judge Darrin Gayles found that Trump’s attorneys had failed to credibly allege “actual malice” in its complaint against the paper.

Judge Darrin Gayles found that Trump’s attorneys had failed to credibly allege “actual malice” in its complaint against the paper.

10/31/2026 9:14 PM UTC |Updated: 11/01/2026 1:15 PM UTC

A federal judge has thrown out President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over the paper’s 2025 report about the president’s bawdy birthday note to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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