Trump's $10B WSJ Suit Tossed For Failing To Plead Malice

By Carolina Bolado ( November 2, 2026, 7:20 PM EST) -- A Florida federal judge has dismissed President Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation suit against the Wall Street Journal, ruling Trump failed to allege the newspaper and its reporters acted with malice when they published an article linking him to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein....

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