Trump Wall Street Journal lawsuit dismissed without prejudice
Case Summary
Former President Donald Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, contesting the publication of a letter purportedly written by him to Jeffrey Epstein for Epstein's 50th birthday. The letter contained a poem featuring a dialogue between characters named Jeffrey and Donald, presented within a silhouette of a nude woman and included a signature resembling Trump's. Trump denied authoring or seeing the letter and alleged that it was fabricated. A judge dismissed the lawsuit without prejudice, meaning Trump may refile the case before the end of April if he chooses to do so.
Key Issues
- • Defamation
- • Freedom of the press
- • Authenticity of evidence
- • Dismissal without prejudice
- • Right to refile
Case Timeline
1 eventTrump Wall Street Journal lawsuit dismissed without prejudice
Judge Dismisses Trump’s ‘Wall Street Journal’ Epstein Letter Defamation Lawsuit The president can still refile the lawsuit before the end of April. Screenshot: White House/YouTube News Donald TrumpA judge has dismissed Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over its publishing of a letter the president allegedly wrote to Jeffrey Epstein for the child sex trafficker’s 50th birthday. Trump filed the lawsuit against the paper in July, claiming that he had not written or even seen that infamous poem, which includes a dialogue between characters named Jeffrey and Donald framed inside the silhouette of a woman’s nude body with a signature that sure looks like Trump’s forming the body’s pubic hair. The WSJ published the poem, reporting that the letter was from Trump; he claims the letter is “fake.” In short, Judge Darrin P.