AXIOS (Sara Fischer) - Judge tosses Trump's lawsuit against WSJ over Epstein letter
A federal judge on Monday tossed a defamation lawsuit filed by President Trump against the Wall Street Journal over a story describing a "bawdy" birthday letter bearing the president's name that was reportedly given to Jeffrey Epstein. Why it matters: The ruling maintains the very high bar for proving defamation of public figures in U.S. courts. - It also serves as another example of a high-profile case against the media that the president has lost in his second term. Zoom in: In his ruling , U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles said the complaint "comes nowhere close" to the actual malice standard used to determine whether a high-profile figure has been defamed, and is "Quite the opposite." - Trump's complaint, which details that the…