Epstein reporting case: Trump loses second lawsuit against Wall Street Journal

(Central News Agency, Washington, 31st Comprehensive Foreign News Report) The Wall Street Journal was sued by Trump for defamation for reporting on the relationship between US President Trump and the late sex criminal tycoon Epstein. A U.S. court today dismissed Trump's second lawsuit against the newspaper, and no further lawsuits will be filed.

Reuters reported that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida found that Trump once again failed to prove that the other party had actual malice, which is a necessary requirement for a public figure to file a defamation lawsuit.

"As with his first attempt, he failed this time," Judge Darrin P. Gayles of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida wrote.

Gales stressed that The Wall Street Journal conducted a "careful and detailed investigation" and that reporters sought comments from Trump and other officials before the article was published.

"The Amended Complaint vainly attempts to fabricate deficiencies in the investigation," Gales wrote.

Trump's lawyers argued that the Wall Street Journal should remove the report after Trump denied ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

"The legal standard of actual malice is not such, and such a claim violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution," Gales wrote.

Trump has previously refiled the lawsuit, seeking at least $10 billion in damages. The court dismissed the lawsuit today and barred further prosecution, meaning the case cannot be brought to court again.