美国联邦法官周六驳回了美国总统唐纳德·特朗普针对《华尔街日报》（WSJ）、其母公司及媒体大亨鲁珀特·默多克提起的100亿美元诽谤诉讼。该诉讼源于一篇报道，详述特朗普据称与已定罪性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的关联。
A US federal judge dismissed Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal. The with-prejudice ruling found his amended complaint failed to establish actual malice.
迈阿密联邦地区法官达林·盖尔斯作出带有偏见性的驳回裁决，这意味着特朗普不能就同一事由再次提起诉讼。法官表示，作为公众人物提起诽谤诉讼的法律要求是确立被告以“实际恶意”发布了诽谤性陈述，而总统未能确立这一点。
A US federal judge on Saturday dismissed US President Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), its parent company and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over a report detailing his alleged links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. US District Judge Darrin Gayles, ruling in Miami, dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning Trump cannot file the same lawsuit again.
据路透社报道，盖尔斯在裁决书中写道：“修正起诉书抓住稻草，试图制造调查的缺陷。”他还补充说，该报在发布报道前进行了“深思熟虑且详尽的调查”。
The judge said the President had failed to establish that the defendants published defamatory statements with actual malice, a legal requirement for public figures pursuing defamation claims. "Grasping at straws, the Amended Complaint attempts to manufacture flaws with the investigation," Gayles wrote in his ruling, adding that the newspaper had carried out a "thoughtful and detailed investigation" before publishing the report, according to Reuters.
这一驳回对特朗普构成了挫折，他曾多次因媒体机构对他的批评性报道而与之发生冲突。在第二个任期内，总统频繁指责新闻机构散布“假新闻”，并对多家媒体机构提起了法律诉讼。《华尔街日报》的报道涉及什么？
The dismissal is a setback for Trump, who has repeatedly clashed with media organisations over coverage critical of him. The President has frequently accused news outlets of spreading "fake news" and has pursued several legal battles against media organisations during his second term. WHAT WAS THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORT ABOUT?
该诉讼源于《华尔街日报》去年发布的一篇报道，内容关乎一封带有性暗示的信件和一幅素描，据称带有特朗普的名字，收录在为爱泼斯坦2003年50岁生日准备的生日相册中。
The lawsuit stemmed from a WSJ report published last year about a sexually suggestive letter and drawing allegedly bearing Trump's name in a birthday album prepared for Epstein's 50th birthday in 2003.
据报道，这本相册由名誉扫地的英国社交名媛吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦编纂，她与爱泼斯坦有关联。据该报称，信件内容被看似手绘的裸体女性轮廓所环绕。
The album was reportedly compiled by disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who was associated with Epstein. The letter, according to the newspaper, contained text surrounded by the outline of what appeared to be a hand-drawn naked woman.
信件结尾写道：“生日快乐——愿每一天都成为另一个美妙的秘密。”特朗普否认撰写了这封信，并将该报道描述为“虚假、恶意且诽谤性的”。据美联社报道，他的起诉书指控该报及其记者明知故犯地发布虚假和贬损性陈述，声称该报道造成了重大的经济和名誉损失。
It ended with the words, "Happy Birthday -- and may every day be another wonderful secret." Trump denied writing the letter and described the report as "false, malicious, and defamatory". His lawsuit accused the newspaper and its reporters of knowingly publishing false and disparaging statements, claiming the report had caused significant financial and reputational damage, AP reported.
埃普斯坦于2019年8月在纽约一间监狱牢房内自杀身亡，当时他正等待联邦性贩运指控的审判。
Epstein died by suicide in a New York jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.
法官称特朗普未能确立“实际恶意” 在裁决中，盖尔斯表示，特朗普的修正起诉状未达到证明“实际恶意”的法律门槛。他引用了美国最高法院1964年在“纽约时报诉沙利文案”中的里程碑式判决，该判决确立了公众人物必须证明出版方明知信息虚假或罔顾真相、鲁莽行事，才能赢得诽谤诉讼。
JUDGE SAYS TRUMP FAILED TO ESTABLISH ACTUAL MALICE In his ruling, Gayles said Trump's amended complaint did not meet the legal threshold for proving actual malice. He cited the US Supreme Court's landmark 1964 ruling in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, which established that public figures must demonstrate that a publication knowingly carried false information or acted with reckless disregard for the truth to win a defamation case.
盖尔斯写道：“修正起诉状在主张‘实际恶意’方面存在不足”，并形容这些指控模糊、仅是结论性陈述，且在某些方面与该报的文章内容不一致。
"The Amended Complaint falls short of pleading actual malice," Gayles wrote, describing the allegations as vague, conclusory and, in some instances, inconsistent with the newspaper's article.
法官还指出，《华尔街日报》的报道刊登了特朗普的否认，而非忽略或淡化它。文章告知读者，总统称该信件是伪造的，并否认是作者。
The judge also pointed out that the WSJ report had included Trump's denial rather than ignoring or minimising it. The article had informed readers that the President called the letter fake and denied authoring it.
特朗普的律师曾辩称，在特朗普否认与埃普斯坦有任何牵连后，该报本应撤稿。盖尔斯驳回了这一论点，称这种要求与“实际恶意”标准和第一修正案相悖。
Trump's lawyers had argued that the newspaper should have dropped the story after he denied having any involvement with Epstein. Gayles rejected that argument, saying such a requirement was inconsistent with the actual malice standard and the First Amendment.
特朗普在早前诉讼被驳回后重新提起诉讼 此次裁决标志着盖尔斯第二次驳回特朗普的诉讼。4月，该法官驳回了原始起诉状，认定其未能充分确立该报在发布报道时带有“实际恶意”。
TRUMP HAD REFILED LAWSUIT AFTER EARLIER DISMISSAL The ruling marks the second time Gayles has dismissed Trump's lawsuit. In April, the judge rejected the original complaint, finding that it failed to adequately establish that the newspaper had published the report with actual malice.
不过，他允许特朗普提交修正后的起诉书，特朗普的法律团队于5月提交了该文件。特朗普再次寻求至少100亿美元的赔偿。周六的带有偏见的驳回裁决意味着该案件不得再次提交法院审理。
However, he allowed Trump to submit an amended complaint, which the President's legal team filed in May. Trump again sought at least $10 billion in damages. Saturday's dismissal with prejudice means the case cannot be brought before court again.
此项裁决是在特朗普与媒体组织更广泛的法律对抗背景下作出的。除《华尔街日报》案外，这位总统还卷入了与英国广播公司（BBC）和美联社的法律纠纷。与此同时，有线电视新闻网（CNN）、MSNBC和《政治报》已起诉其政府，要求恢复白宫采访权，因为它们在9月中旬被禁止进入。
The ruling comes amid a wider legal confrontation between Trump and media organisations. Apart from the WSJ case, the President has been involved in legal disputes with the BBC and The Associated Press. Meanwhile, CNN, MS NOW and Politico have sued his administration over the restoration of White House access after they were barred in mid-September.
白宫没有立即就周六的裁决发表公开回应，也没有回应美联社的置评请求。
The White House did not immediately issue a public response to Saturday's ruling or respond to an Associated Press request for comment.