Trump's legal case against the Wall Street Journal over a story about the president and Jeffrey Epstein could face hurdles, one of which is that it does not appear to comply with Florida state rules over the timing of defamation lawsuits.

ANALYSIS: For days, Donald Trump couldn’t get his MAGA base to drop their anger over the Epstein files. However, as Justin Baragona writes, it appears that the Wall Street Journal’s bombshell report gives the right the perfect opportunity to unite in its shared hatred of the mainstream media.

If Trump loses it could help prevent a “chilling effect” that is continuing to spread throughout the mainstream media industry in the US, following CBS’s parent company, Paramount Global, agreeing to pay Trump $16m (£11.9m) to settle a legal dispute in July.