Former President Donald Trump lashed out at the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, threatening to sue the publication and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, over a bombshell article that claimed Trump sent a racy birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein.
In a fiery social media post, Trump called the story “false, malicious, and defamatory,” and ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek court approval to unseal grand jury testimony related to Epstein’s criminal case.
“President Trump has already beaten George Stephanopoulos/ABC, 60 Minutes/CBS, and others, and looks forward to suing and holding accountable the once great Wall Street Journal,” Trump wrote.
Leavitt, Vance Denounce Wall Street Journal Report
The Journal report cited anonymous sources and alleged that Trump had a flirtatious relationship with Epstein, including sending him a lewd birthday card.
According to Trump, both he and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt warned the Journal’s editor-in-chief, Emma Tucker, that the story was fake. Leavitt called it a “hatchet job article” and said the publication “refused to show us the letter and conceded they don’t even have it in their possession.”
