Trump's Defamation Suit Against WSJ Dismissed

0:00On April 14th, a federal judge just tossed out Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over their story on a birthday card, linked to Jeffrey Epstein. This happened on April 13th, after nearly a year of back and forth. Trump was gunning for $10 billion, claiming the paper smeared him with false info. The suit stemmed from the journal's reporting on a car that Trump and other big names signed for Epstein's birthday. Trump argued it was fake and warned the paper's owner, Rubber Murdoch, before they published. But the journal stood firm, saying their facts checked out. Trump's long friendship with Epstein ended around 2004, and he's been trying to distance himself ever since. This courtroom loss adds to his string of legal setbacks, but folks close to him aren't surprised. Epstein's shadow keeps popping up. The judge ruled Trump didn't prove the paper acted with actual malice, meaning they knew it was false, or didn't care. Still, he gets a shot to fix the complaint and refile by April 27th.

1:01Trump's already talking about refiling, calling it a powerful case. Whether he follows through or less to Epstein's saga fade, one thing's clear, these old ties aren't vanishing quietly anytime soon.