Trump's defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal dismissed, judge says arguments are baseless; Report claims to have a relationship between Trump and Epstein

A US court has dismissed a billion-dollar defamation lawsuit filed by US President Donald Trump against the Wall Street Journal newspaper and its owner Rupert Murdoch. The newspaper claimed in a report that Trump had a relationship with notorious wealthy businessman Jeffrey Epstein. According to the report, in the year 2003, a letter was found in an album of Epstein's 50th birthday, on which Trump's name was written. In this letter, a sketch of a naked woman was made and at the end of the birthday greeting. Trump called it false, saying that he had not written any such letter and that it had caused great damage to his image. But Miami Judge Darrin Gales dismissed the case. The judge said that Trump could not prove that the newspaper had intentionally published the news in malicious intent. His arguments were baseless. The judge said that Trump's arguments were baseless. The judge also said that Trump was deliberately trying to find flaws in the newspaper's investigation. The court has ruled that Trump will no longer be able to take the matter back to court. Sex offender Epstein was a millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein was a millionaire financier in New York. He had friendships with big leaders and celebrities. He was accused of sexually abusing a minor girl in 2005. In 2008, he was convicted of soliciting sex from a minor. He was sentenced to 13 months in prison. In 2019, Jeffrey was arrested on sex trafficking charges. But he committed suicide in prison before the trial. His partner, Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted in 2021 of helping her. She is serving a 20-year sentence.