Proving that the Wall Street Journal's reporting is false would require Trump to answer questions under oath about Jeffrey Epstein.

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 Black man to serve on the federal bench.

President Trump has turned on his longtime on-again, off-again ally, Rupert Murdoch. He filed a $10 billion dollar lawsuit against Murdoch and his company Newscorp after the Wall Street Journal’s report on Trump’s alleged racy birthday letter to Epstein in 2003.

Should the case proceed, Trump may be required to testify under oath about his relationship to Jeffrey Epstein.

If Donald Trump's defamation suit doesn't settle, the discovery process could raise more questions about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Donald Trump is suing Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal over their blockbuster story alleging Trump sent a 'bawdy' birthday letter to the late convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. This comes as polls show voters,