Former President Donald Trump's legal offensive against media outlets had yet another loss in court Friday, when a federal judge dismissed a defamation suit that his 2020 reelection campaign filed against The Washington Post.
U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia Rudolph Contreras ruled that the Trump campaign failed to demonstrate "actual malice" regarding the alleged defamatory statements—sentences from two articles written by Washington Post opinion writers Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman. Waldman's statements were also, Contreras ruled, protected opinion.
