US judge dismisses Trump’s $10 billion Wall Street Journal lawsuit again
The judge found that Trump had not adequately alleged actual malice, dismissing the claim with prejudice so it cannot be refiled.
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The judge found that Trump had not adequately alleged actual malice, dismissing the claim with prejudice so it cannot be refiled.
US District Judge Darrin P. Gayles has again dismissed President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and other defendants over reporting on a letter bearing Trump’s name. The latest dismissal is with prejudice, meaning the same claim cannot be refiled, Deadline said.
Gayles previously dismissed the case because Trump had failed to allege actual malice, but allowed him to amend it.
Gayles wrote that the lawsuit “falls short of pleading actual malice.” For public figures pursuing defamation claims, actual malice means publishing something with knowledge that it is false or with reckless disregard for the truth.
Indeed, the allegations regarding malice are conclusory, vague, sometimes inconsistent with the Article, and often irrelevant to whether Defendants knew or should have known that the statements in the Article were purportedly false.
The Journal’s 2025 article described a letter bearing Trump’s name in a birthday book compiled for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday. Trump denied composing the letter, and the newspaper included his denial.
Trump intends to appeal the dismissal. A spokesman for his legal team said the president would continue pursuing the lawsuit and holding those he accused of misleading the public accountable.
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