President Donald Trump has threatened legal action against media mogul Rupert Murdoch, NewsCorp, and The Wall Street Journal over a recent report linking him to a controversial letter allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein.
In a fiery post on Truth Social Thursday night, Trump denounced the story as “fake news,” claiming the WSJ published the letter despite being directly informed—by both him and his representatives—that it was a fabrication.
“President Trump will be suing The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Mr. Murdoch shortly,” the statement read.
The WSJ Report at the Center of the Controversy
The Wall Street Journal article, published Thursday, detailed materials allegedly uncovered in a leather-bound photo album tied to Epstein’s inner circle. The report focused on a peculiar birthday letter dated 2003 and reportedly signed by some of Epstein’s friends—including Donald Trump.
The letter, which Trump insists is forged, features a typewritten mock conversation between Trump and Epstein, bizarrely drawn inside the outline of a naked woman. Trump’s supposed signature appears positioned where the figure’s pubic hair would be.
In an interview included in the WSJ article, Trump dismissed the letter outright:
“I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women,” he said. “It’s not my language. It’s not my word.”
Trump: WSJ Was Warned in Advance
Trump claims that both Rupert Murdoch and WSJ Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker were told directly that the letter was fake. According to the former president, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also communicated the same warning to WSJ leadership prior to publication.
“Rupert Murdoch personally stated that he would take care of it but, obviously, did not have the power to do so,” Trump wrote.
“The editor of The Wall Street Journal, Emma Tucker, was told directly by Karoline Leavitt and by President Trump that the letter was a FAKE, but Emma Tucker didn’t want to hear that,” he added.
Background: Trump and Epstein
The renewed scrutiny of Trump’s past ties to Epstein comes as public interest in unreleased Epstein files and potential political connections resurfaces. The WSJ report says the materials were originally assembled during law enforcement investigations ahead of Epstein’s first arrest in 2006.
This isn’t the first time Trump has pushed back on media reports about his past interactions with Epstein. While the two were photographed together on multiple occasions in the early 2000s, Trump has repeatedly stated that their relationship soured long before Epstein’s legal troubles began.
As of now, neither The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, nor Rupert Murdoch has responded publicly to Trump’s legal threat.
