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 relationship between the US president and the owner of 'Fox News,' the 'New York Post' and 'The Wall Street Journal' has always been complex. But after revelations emerged about an exchange between Trump and Jeffrey Epstein,