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highplainsdem

(57,519 posts) Mon Jul 21, 2025, 10:33 AM Monday

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 Monday OP

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

Obama appointed judge, sheshe2 Monday #2

I want JPK Monday #5

Amazon! sheshe2 Monday #9

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

I think the fix is in Miguelito Loveless Monday #4

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

Exactly, Miguelito Loveless Monday #14

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

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

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

🤣 tanyev Monday #8

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

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

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

Oops. Thanks for the correction. notinkansas Tuesday #28

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

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

See post #23. onenote Monday #24

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

See post #23 onenote Monday #25

Good MustLoveBeagles Monday #16

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

I missed any interval when roberts was fair Marthe48 Monday #18

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

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

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

I'll take that bet. onenote Monday #26