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Judge Dismisses Trump’s Lawsuit Against The Wall Street Journal: First Amendment Analysis

A federal judge dismissed President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal. The case involves a published article detailing a birthday note Trump had allegedly written to Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles ruled that Trump’s lawsuit didn’t “adequately allege” actual malice. Kevin Goldberg, a vice president and First Amendment expert at Freedom Forum, analyzes the ruling and the First Amendment issues.

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