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highplainsdem

(57,808 posts) Mon Jul 21, 2025, 10:33 AM Jul 21

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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Trump's WSJ, Rupert Murdoch Defamation Suit Gets Obama Judge [View all] highplainsdem Jul 21 OP

TSF put all his eggs in one basket and most likely never counted on this..a judge with experience Deuxcents Jul 21 #1

Obama appointed judge, sheshe2 Jul 21 #2

I want JPK Jul 21 #5

Amazon! sheshe2 Jul 21 #9

Trump's suit against @wsj.com has been assigned to Darrin Phillip Gayles, an Obama appointee. LetMyPeopleVote Jul 21 #3

I think the fix is in Miguelito Loveless Jul 21 #4

The "Fix" is that this case will be tried by a competent judge groundloop Jul 21 #12

Exactly, Miguelito Loveless Jul 21 #14

The Complaint was filed in the Miami division. By Trump's lawyers. Murdoch had nothing to do with it. onenote Jul 21 #22

Listening to Cohen last night - he thinks Murdoch will cave and donate $$$ to his Presidential walkingman Jul 21 #6

I have every confidence that Judge Darrin Gayles will rule fairly and honestly FakeNoose Jul 21 #7

🤣 tanyev Jul 21 #8

Poor TACO Don was hoping he would get LOOSE Cannon! ProudMNDemocrat Jul 21 #10

It's hard to imagine that Cannon would be assigned to any case notinkansas Jul 21 #11

Cannon wouldn't have been assigned to that case anyhow. Ocelot II Jul 21 #27

Oops. Thanks for the correction. notinkansas Jul 22 #28

Trump's lawyers filed the complaint with the Miami Division of the S.D.FLA. onenote Jul 21 #23

Something's wrong with our judicial system when we have to worry about who appointed a judge mdbl Jul 21 #13

See post #23. onenote Jul 21 #24

WAAH!!! He expected Ailiene Cannon, but HA, for once he didn't get his preferred judge. lark Jul 21 #15

See post #23 onenote Jul 21 #25

Good MustLoveBeagles Jul 21 #16

I hope that on this matter we agree with Roberts (when he was fair) when he commented that there are question everything Jul 21 #17

I missed any interval when roberts was fair Marthe48 Jul 21 #18

Judge presiding over Trump's Wall Street Journal lawsuit has seen this movie before LetMyPeopleVote Jul 21 #19

Not the Obama he just had "arrested????" Vinca Jul 21 #20

Take bets on how long until Trump pulls the plug on this FARCE lawsuit? Bengus81 Jul 21 #21

I'll take that bet. onenote Jul 21 #26