JUST IN: Judge Rejects Trump’s Defamation Complaint Against WSJ, Rupert Murdoch Over Jeffrey Epstein Drawing 2026

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A federal judge in Florida dismissed President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal on Monday in a legal blow to the president’s attempt to challenge reporting on an alleged birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein two decades ago.

The lawsuit, filed last summer, targeted media mogul and WSJ owner Rupert Murdoch alongside the paper’s publishers and journalists, after the newspaper reported on a document said to be signed by Trump that included a sexually suggestive drawing and a message reading “may every day be another wonderful secret.”

The letter was first reported by The Journal before later being shared with members of Congress by the Epstein estate.

Trump has consistently denied any connection to the document, rejecting claims that he authored the letter or that the signature is his, and slammed the report before taking legal action.

In dropping the case, according to Puck’s Eriq Gardner, the judge ruled that Trump had not made a plausible case for actual malice.

While the decision to dismiss the case marks a significant victory for Murdoch and the newspaper, Trump may appeal the ruling.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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