A federal judge in Miami dismissed with prejudice Donald Trump’s amended defamation lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal. Judge Darrin Gayles said Trump had not plausibly shown that the newspaper published its July 2025 article with actual malice, as required under the rules applicable to public figures. Gayles concluded that the newspaper had conducted a thorough investigation and that publishing the article despite Trump’s denial did not violate the First Amendment. The judge did not determine whether Trump authored the disputed letter, which Trump continues to deny writing, while his legal team announced plans to appeal.
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