Judge Dismisses Trump Lawsuit Against the Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Birthday Book
A judge has dismissed President Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, filed after the paper published a letter to Jeffrey Epstein purportedly written and signed by the president as part of a birthday book, the BBC reported overnight.
The civil case centered on a letter the Journal published that it described as written to Epstein for a birthday book. Trump sued the media outlet over that publication, according to the BBC report read this cycle, which listed the dismissal among its top U.S. stories overnight, about six hours before this cycle's check.
The dismissal closes the court fight over the published letter itself. The BBC report did not carry comment from the Journal or the White House in the summary read this cycle, and this desk is not adding reaction it has not read.
The ruling matters in Palm Beach County because Mar-a-Lago, the president's estate, is in Palm Beach, and the president voted early in person in West Palm Beach on Oct. 24. National cases involving the president are covered by this desk under the network's major-national door, with the Palm Beach connection stated plainly.
