Judge dismisses Trump’s defamation suit against WSJ a second time

A federal judge on Saturday dismissed for the second time President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal in connection with an article about a letter sent to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 

Last year, the president filed a lawsuit against the Journal after it published an article detailing a 2003 letter he allegedly sent to Epstein for his 50th birthday. Trump has denied writing the letter and claimed it was fake. In April, a federal judge tossed the lawsuit, ruling that the president failed to establish “actual malice” in his complaint against the outlet.

Following the ruling, Trump filed an amended complaint in May, where his lawyers again argued that he suffered “overwhelming” financial and reputational harm because of the article and said it was filed with “false, defamatory, and malicious statements.”

In Saturday’s ruling, U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles noted that the amended complaint “falls short of........

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