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Trump Appeals Dismissal of $10 Billion Libel Suit Against Wall Street Journal

A judge has twice tossed the president’s defamation complaint, which centered on an article about a birthday greeting to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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President Trump during a campaign rally at in Dubuque, Iowa, on Sunday.

Judge Tosses Trump’s $10 Billion Suit Against The Wall Street Journal

The defamation suit focused on an article about a birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein. It was the president’s second attempt to claim the publication had acted with actual malice.

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The Wall Street Journal’s offices in Manhattan. Judge Darrin P. Gayles of Federal District Court dismissed President Trump’s lawsuit with prejudice, meaning the claim cannot be refiled again.
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