Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letter
Topics: Epstein Files
5 outlets (PBS NewsHour, CBS News, The Guardian US, Axios and NBC News) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 5 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Words most headlines share: “Judge”, “dismisses”, “Epstein”, “Wall”. Distinct wording: CBS News uses “prejudice”; Axios uses “Murdoch” and “tosses”; NBC News uses “defamation” and “Jeffrey”. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- PBS NewsHour reports: “U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice, ruling that the president did not prove the defendants made defamatory statements with actual malice as required by law.”
- CBS News reports: “In a 20-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice, ruling that President Trump did not prove the defendants made defamatory statements with actual ma…”
- The Guardian US reports: “Ruling ‘with prejudice’ means US president may not amend or refile his lawsuit over his alleged birthday letter to Jeffrey EpsteinA US judge dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Wall Street…”
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- PBS NewsHour: Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letter
- CBS News: Judge dismisses with prejudice Trump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal
- The Guardian US: Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letter
- Axios: Judge tosses Trump lawsuit against WSJ, Murdoch over Epstein story
- NBC News: Judge dismisses Trump’s $10 billion defamation suit over Jeffrey Epstein birthday card story
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