US President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against Wall Street Journal parent company Dow Jones and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, over an article related to Jeffrey Epstein.
According to CNN, the president on Friday, July 18, filed a $20 billion lawsuit against the publisher over a story on the 50th birthday of the sex offender in 2003.
The article was about a birthday letter gifted to the American financier for his milestone birthday, including a “bawdy” note from his then friend Trump.
The Republican president denied writing any letter to the child sex offender and filed a lawsuit against the media company and its owner, seeking at least $20 billion.
In an 18-page lawsuit, the 79-year-old accused Dow Jones of engaging in “glaring failures in journalistic ethics and standards of accurate reporting,” adding that the report did not include the drawing of Trump’s letter to Epstein, which shows that the news was not authentic.
Trump, in a post on Truth Social, wrote, “The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch, personally, were warned directly by President Donald J. Trump that the supposed letter they printed from President Trump to Epstein was a FAKE and, if they print it, they will be sued.”
Meanwhile, Dow Jones has expressed full confidence in their accuracy of reporting and vowed to “vigorously” defend the lawsuit.
