A federal judge in New York on Friday dismissed President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against journalist Bob Woodward regarding the ownership of interviews with the president published by the leading reporter.

The judge in the case said Trump failed to "plausibly" show that he and Woodward intended to be co-authors of an audiobook, or that Trump had any copyright interest in his responses.

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump's nearly $50 million lawsuit against the journalist Bob Woodward for publishing tapes from interviews for his 2020 best-seller "Rage" as an audiobook.