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A US federal court in Florida dismissed Trump’s second defamation case against the Wall Street Journal over Epstein’s reporting, finding he had not proven actual malice and the case could not be brought again.
wall Street Daily newspaper reporting on the US Presidenttrump and the late sex criminal tycoonepstein Trump was sued for defamation over the relationship. A US court today dismissed Trump’s second lawsuit against the newspaper, and no further lawsuits will be filed.
Reuters reported that the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida found that Trump once again failed to prove that the other party had actual malice, which is a necessary requirement for a public figure to file a defamation suit.
“Like his first attempt, he failed this time,” wrote Judge Darrin P. Giles of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Giles emphasized that The Wall Street Journal conducted a “careful and detailed investigation” and that reporters sought comments from Trump and other officials before the article was published.
“The amended complaint vainly attempts to create loopholes in the investigation,” Gales wrote.
Trump’s lawyers argued that The Wall Street Journal should remove the report after Trump denied ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
“There is no legal standard for actual malice, and such a claim violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,” Giles wrote.
Trump had previously filed a lawsuit, seeking at least $10 billion in damages. The court today dismissed the case and granted a stay from further prosecution, meaning the case cannot be brought before court again.
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The court found that Trump had still not proven that the Wall Street Journal had “actual malice” in its reporting, which is a necessary condition for a public figure to file a defamation suit, and dismissed his lawsuit.
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The judge pointed out that the Wall Street Journal conducted a careful and detailed investigation and made efforts to obtain opinions from Trump and other officials before the article was published, which showed that the interview process was not lax.
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The court apparently ruled that the case cannot be refiled, which means Trump cannot submit the same dispute to the court again, making the defamation lawsuit also reach a temporary judicial conclusion.
