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Maddow Blog-Following Epstein report, Trump files lawsuit against WSJ, Rupert Murdoch and others
On Thursday night, the president vowed to sue The Wall Street Journal. Less than a day later, it became clear that he wasn't bluffing.
BREAKING: Following Epstein report, Trump files lawsuit against WSJ, Rupert Murdoch and others www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
— MSNBC (@msnbc.com) 2025-07-18T21:15:29.728Z
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-sues-wsj-murdoch-epstein-birthday-letter-rcna219701
Evidently, he wasn’t kidding. CNBC reported:
The civil suit comes one day after the Republican referred to the Journal as a “disgusting and filthy rag.”
According to the docket, Trump’s claims are: "Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Libel, Assault, Slander." It was filed in the Southern District of Florida. A complaint has yet to be listed on the docket......
Thursday's report, however, appears to have taken the president's contempt for the WSJ to a new level. The Journal advanced the controversy with a new report on a 2003 birthday album, collected by former Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, which reportedly included a highly provocative letter bearing Trump’s name and signature.
President Donald Trump on Friday followed through on his threat to sue media mogul Rupert Murdoch after his Wall Street Journal published an article saying that Trump sent Jeffrey Epstein a ‘bawdy’ letter for Epstein’s 50th birthday. Court records show that Trump filed a lawsuit alleging libel against Murdoch, the Journal’s publisher, Dow Jones, and the reporters who wrote the article in federal court for the Southern District of Florida.
The civil suit comes one day after the Republican referred to the Journal as a “disgusting and filthy rag.”
According to the docket, Trump’s claims are: "Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Libel, Assault, Slander." It was filed in the Southern District of Florida. A complaint has yet to be listed on the docket......
Thursday's report, however, appears to have taken the president's contempt for the WSJ to a new level. The Journal advanced the controversy with a new report on a 2003 birthday album, collected by former Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, which reportedly included a highly provocative letter bearing Trump’s name and signature.