Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday book
Media Industry,Wall Street Journal,Federal Judge,Lawsuit,Defamation,Jeffrey Epstein,Donald Trump,Media Bias,Freedom Of The Press,Sexual Misconduct
A US judge has thrown out President Donald Trump's $10bn dollar lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal, ruling the suit was "grasping at straws".
Trump had sued the media outlet's parent company Dow Jones and its leader Rupert Murdoch last year after it reported on a letter allegedly written by Trump to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as part of a birthday book in 2003, before Epstein was charged with sex crimes.
Trump has denied writing or signing the letter, which included suggestive language and a drawing of the outline of a woman's body...
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