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.

The network has sparingly covered the defamation lawsuit the president filed against its corporate sibling News Corp and the Wall Street Journal.

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

Trump sued the Wall Street Journal over its reporting on a letter he labelled as "FAKE" and claimed its story is "false, malicious, and defamatory."

The litigious president is threatening to sue the News Corp mogul in his latest shot at media coverage he dislikes

Donald Trump said that he planned to sue Rupert Murdoch’s “ass off” after The Wall Street Journal published a story about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Journal reported earlier on Thursday on a birthday album that was given to Epstein in 2003,

Donald Trump is suing Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal for defamation over the Jeffrey Epstein birthday letter story.

A shocking change in late-night TV. A salacious story about Jeffrey Epstein. What do they have in common? Donald Trump.