Trump's WSJ, Rupert Murdoch Defamation Suit Gets Obama Judge [View all]
Source: Newsweek
Obama-appointee Judge Darrin P. Gayles has been assigned to President Donald Trump's defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over the publication's story about an alleged birthday drawing for Jeffrey Epstein.
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Gayles serves on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, where Trump's lawsuit was filed.
He was appointed to the court by former President Barack Obama in 2014, becoming the first openly gay African-American man to serve on the federal bench.
Trump has often accused the judiciary of political bias against him, sharply criticizing judges appointed by Democratic presidents who do not rule in his favor in cases.
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Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-wsj-lawsuit-murdoch-court-obama-judge-2101712
How I first heard about this:
HAHAHAHA Donald filed his B lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal in the Southern District of Florida hoping to get Judge Cannon and he got OBAMA APPOINTEE Darrin Gayles instead HAHAHAHA
— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2025-07-21T13:43:17.678Z
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