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.

The defendants also called Woodward the "sole architect and true author" of the interviews, just as journalists like the late Walter Cronkite and Barbara Walters were in interviews with other presidents.

The president’s lawsuit against the veteran journalist and his publisher was dismissed the same day Trump filed an unrelated suit against the Wall Street Journal.