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Read Trump’s lawsuit against Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over Epstein reporting – in full

US president files libel suit over report that said he sent financier ‘bawdy’ birthday note and sketch

✍ Guardian staff

🕒 18 Jul 2025 23:48

Read Trump’s lawsuit against Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over Epstein reporting – in full

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Donald Trump has sued Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal newspaper reporters for libel and slander over claims that he sent the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a lewd letter and sketch of a naked woman.

In the filing, Trump calls the Wall Street Journal’s report “false and defamatory” and demands at least $10bn in damages and court costs from Rupert Murdoch, two Wall Street Journal reporters, the News Corporation chief executive, Robert Thomson, and related corporate entities.

Read the court documents in full:

• This article was amended on 19 July 2025. An earlier version mistakenly embedded a different legal document from the one intended.

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