Posted on 07/18/2025 4:33:49 PM PDT by CFW
President Donald Trump on Friday officially sued the Wall Street Journal, its owner Rupert Murdoch and some of its staff for publishing its story on the president and Jeffrey Epstein, fulfilling a promise he made Thursday night.
Trump made the promise in an angry social media post, where he claimed the story was "fake" and that the birthday card the outlet claimed he had sent to Epstein for his 50th birthday did not even sound like him.
The text of the libel lawsuit, which was filed in federal court for the Southern District of Florida, was not immediately available, per CNBC.
The story claimed Trump had contributed to former Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell's 50th birthday project for the late financier in 2003, which consisted of notes from close friends. The letter Trump allegedly sent was bawdy and concluded with the words, "H
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May goodness and truth prevail here
May it be so!
Yesterday there was a headline “ Trump threatens to sue WSJ”
However Trump said he was going to sue them
Why do people underestimate Trump
If he says he’s going to do something he does it.
The editor and the writer are thinking ‘why did we think Trump is like Biden. Or Bush. Or Obama?”
Now they know- too late
Why didn’t they know it yesterday. I could have told them
Murdoch hates Trump. Now he has to live with him in court
He is very not happy
But he underestimates Trump too
Go gettim’ Mr. President!
I hope DJT gets every dime.
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