Overview
- A federal judge in Miami dismissed the suit on Monday for not plausibly alleging “actual malice.”
- In U.S. defamation law, a public figure must show the publisher knew a claim was false or recklessly ignored the truth.
- The judge gave Trump until April 27 to file an amended complaint, and Trump says he will meet that deadline.
- The order did not decide whether Trump wrote the 2003 birthday‑album note linked to Jeffrey Epstein.
- The Journal and Rupert Murdoch argue the story was accurate and cite Congress’s later release of the album page.