# Federal judge dismisses Trump’s defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal

https://mins.news/en/item/123987

- CNN, 2026-10-31 20:58 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/31/media/trump-wall-street-journal-murdoch-lawsuit-dismissed?Date=20261031&Profile=CNN

> A federal judge on Saturday dismissed President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal. The case concerned the paper’s reporting on a lewd birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein bearing Trump’s name.

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