President Donald Trump is well-known for suing media giants, and on Monday vowed to continue the legal fight against the Wall Street Journal despite an Obama-appointed federal judge dismissing his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the publication for linking him to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“Our powerful case against The Wall Street Journal, and other defendants, was asked to be re-filed by the Judge,” Trump said on Truth Social.
“It is not a termination, it is a suggested re-filing, and we will be, as per the Order, re-filing an updated lawsuit on or before April 27th.”
Fox News reported: “Trump filed the lawsuit last year after The Wall Street Journal published a July article claiming Trump signed a sexually suggestive letter that was included in a 2003 album compiled for Epstein’s 50th birthday. The letter was subsequently released publicly by Congress, which subpoenaed the records from Epstein’s estate.
“U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Florida wrote in the order that Trump had failed to make the argument that the article was published with the intent to be malicious, but he gave the president a chance to file an amended complaint.”
“President Trump will follow Judge Gayles’ ruling and guidance to refile this powerhouse lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and all of the other Defendants. The president will continue to hold accountable those who traffic in fake news to mislead the American people,” a spokesman for Trump’s legal team told Fox News Digital.
The Journal’s alleged hit piece from July 2025 was headlined: “Jeffrey Epstein’s friends sent him bawdy letters for a 50th birthday album. One was from Donald Trump.”
Its sub-headline was: “The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’”
Trump has denied any involvement with the letter which included a drawing of a curvaceous woman, calling the Journal’s report “false, malicious, and defamatory.”
Judge Gayles, an appointee of Barack Obama, wrote “whether President Trump was the author of the Letter or Epstein’s friend are questions of fact that cannot be determined at this stage of the litigation.”
A spokesperson for Dow Jones, the parent company of the Wall Street Journal, told Fox News Digital: “We are pleased with the judge’s decision to dismiss this complaint. We stand behind the reliability, rigor and accuracy of The Wall Street Journal’s reporting.”
Last May aboard Air Force One, Trump told a reporter for the Journal: “You people treat us so badly. The Wall Street Journal has truly gone to hell. … You’re a rotten newspaper.”
WATCH:
“It’s a rotten newspaper … really bad for this country” — Trump snaps at a Wall Street Journal reporter pic.twitter.com/miVM1pZpVN
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 5, 2025
The president has filed numerous lawsuits against top media companies in recent years, including the New York Times, ABC, CBS and the BBC.
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