Trump's Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal Now Has a Judge

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

President Donald Trump's bid to take down the Wall Street Journal over its coverage of his connection to Jeffrey Epstein has landed in the courtroom of Darrin Gayles, who is likely experiencing deja vu.

Posted by LampLighter at 07:32 PM | 8 COMMENTS | permalink

Trump has been dealt an early blow in his libel lawsuit against media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal.

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-- The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) Jul 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM

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... That's because Gayles, a 2014 appointee of Barack Obama, had another brush with a litigious Trump in 2023, when the then-former president sought to punish his onetime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-21 06:29 PM

Did Pres Trump roll the dice, hoping for Judge Cannon to be assigned?

I cannot wait for the under-oath dispositions of Pres Trump in this case.

Let Justice proceed.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-21 06:30 PM

I wonder if his cankles exploded when he heard this...

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-21 06:31 PM

@#3 ... I wonder if his cankles exploded when he heard this...

There seems to be another lawsuit by Pres Trump where he TACO'd just before the depositions were to be made.

I cannot remember which one it might be, so many lawsuits involving Pres Trump, so little time.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-21 06:44 PM

He is said to be the first openly gay black man to be appointed as a top-level judge.