Trump, Rupert Murdoch and Jeffrey Epstein
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U.S. President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Friday against Dow Jones, News Corp , Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal reporters, raising claims under federal libel law, court records show.
Vice President JD Vance has strongly criticized The Wall Street Journal's report linking President Trump to a sexually suggestive message in Jeffrey Epstein's tribute book, accusing the WSJ of publishing a baseless "hit piece.
Donald Trump has followed through on his threat to sue Rupert Murdoch and his media companies over the Wall Street Journal‘s report on a bawdy letter in his name that was included in an album given to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003.
Proving that the Wall Street Journal's reporting is false would require Trump to answer questions under oath about Jeffrey Epstein.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Southern District of Florida, includes as defendants Dow Jones & Co. and its parent company, News Corp. It also names News Corp Chair Emeritus Rupert Murdoch, its chief executive, Robert Thomson, and two Journal reporters.