A federal judge on Saturday tossed out President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over an article claiming he gave Jeffrey Epstein a birthday letter.In April, Florida-based US District Judge Darrin Gayles, an Obama appointee, tossed out the defamation suit but gave President Trump a chance to refile.Trump’s legal team refiled the lawsuit, and Judge Darrin Gayles on Saturday dismissed it with prejudice.This means Trump cannot refile the lawsuit; however, the president’s legal team will appeal the judge’s ruling.The judge said Trump had “not plausibly alleged that the Defendants published the Article with actual malice.”CNBC reported:A federal judge in Miami on Saturday dismissed President Donald Trump’s amended defamation lawsuit with prejudice against media baron Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal, which had claimed the newspaper defamed Trump with a story saying the president had sent a “bawdy” 50th birthday letter to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The ruling comes roughly six months after Judge Darrin Gayles first dismissed the $10 billion lawsuit against Murdoch and the newspaper, which he owns.By dismissing the suit with prejudice, Trump cannot file another amended version of the lawsuit in the district court. However, a spokesman for Trump’s legal team told CNBC on Saturday that the president plans to appeal the ruling.“President Trump will continue to press forward in his powerhouse lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and all of the other defendants. The President will continue to hold those who mislead the American People with Fake News and smears accountable for their actions,” the spokesman said in a statement.In July 2025, President Trump filed a libel lawsuit against Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, and two Wall Street Journal reporters after the Wall Street Journal dropped a Jeffrey Epstein hit piece.The case was filed in a federal court in Miami.The Wall Street Journal previously dropped a ‘hit piece’ on President Trump.According to the hit piece published by The Wall Street Journal, President Trump wrote Jeffrey Epstein a “bawdy” letter for his 50th birthday depicting a naked woman.President Trump denied he wrote the letter.Ghislaine Maxwell allegedly prepared a ‘special gift’ and collected letters written by Trump and other people.The post JUST IN: Obama Judge Permanently Dismisses Trump’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Birthday Letter appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.