The judge found The Wall Street Journal did not defame Trump by publishing the piece.

The judge found The Wall Street Journal did not defame Trump by publishing the piece.

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A judge dismissed President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal for alleging he sent Jeffrey Epstein a lewd birthday note.

Trump sued the newspaper and its owners including Rupert Murdoch in a Florida federal court last summer and asked for at least $10b (£7.4bn) in damages.

President Donald Trump has denied sending a bawdy 50th birthday letter to his then-friend Jeffrey Epstein at the request of Ghislaine Maxwell.

Ruling finds newspaper did not act with malice in report over letter in birthday book for Jeffrey Epstein

Judge rules complaint fails to outline malice after Trump argued lewd drawing allegedly sent to Epstein at heart of story was fake

A federal judge in Florida dismissed President Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal. He can amend the suit and re-file it.

Trump filed mammoth defamation suit against owner Rupert Murdoch, publishers and journalists

The judge said the $10 billion complaint didn't prove the paper acted with malice when publishing a story on the letter he allegedly sent.

A federal judge on Monday dismissed President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and its parent company over an article linking him to convicted sex…