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Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch
The case was filed in a federal court in Miami.
President Donald Trump is suing media mogul Rupert Murdoch, News Corp, The Wall Street Journal, and others for $10 billion after the media outlet published an article about a letter Trump allegedly wrote for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003, according to the Associated Press.
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The letter includes a hand-drawn sketch of a naked woman with Trump’s signature placed provocatively, along with a note expressing they share “certain things in common” and wishing Epstein “another wonderful secret." It was reportedly sent to Epstein for his birthday at the behest of longtime Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
“The letter bearing Trump’s name, which was reviewed by the Journal, is bawdy — like others in the album,” the paper reports. “It contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker. A pair of small arcs denotes the woman’s breasts, and the future president’s signature is a squiggly ‘Donald’ below her waist, mimicking pubic hair.” It ends with “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
Trump told the Journal Tuesday that he did not write the letter or draw the picture. “This is not me. This is a fake thing. It’s a fake Wall Street Journal story,” he said.
“I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women,” he added. “It’s not my language. It’s not my words.”
Trump's suit, which was filed in federal court in Miami, says the outlet and its reporters had “knowingly and recklessly” published “numerous false, defamatory, and disparaging statements,” according to the AP. The suit goes on to allege that it caused “overwhelming financial and reputational harm” to Trump.
This article has been updated.
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