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 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.