THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Obama Judge Tosses Trump’s Defamation Claim Against WSJ.
A federal judge dismissed President Donald J. Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) over a story linking him to deceased pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. The judge ruled Trump failed to meet the legal standard of proving "actual malice" in the publication of the article. The post Obama Judge Tosses Trump’s Defamation Claim Against WSJ. appeared first on The National Pulse .
A federal judge has ruled that President Donald J. Trump failed to prove “actual malice” in a defamation case against the Wall Street Journal, but allowed the case to be refiled. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge dismissed President Donald J. Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) over a story linking him to deceased pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. The judge ruled Trump failed to meet the legal standard of proving “actual malice” in the publication of the article. DETAIL: The WSJ article claimed Trump’s name appeared in a “birthday book” given to Epstein in 2003, with a note allegedly written by Trump. Trump denied the claim, calling it “a fake thing.” Judge…Open