△ President of the United States, Donald Trump (photograph)
On July 18th local time, President Donald Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against News Corporation, Dow Jones & Company, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and two individuals from The Wall Street Journal. The lawsuit has not yet been made public.
It is reported that News Corporation includes publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, and HarperCollins among its print and publishing products. Dow Jones & Company is a subsidiary of News Corporation.
Trump denies sending a letter to Epstein, claiming The Wall Street Journal published “fake letters”
On July 17th local time, President Donald Trump expressed his outrage on social media platform “Reality Social” by accusing The Wall Street Journal of publishing a “fake letter” he had sent to Epstein. He stated, “This is not my words, nor am I writing this.” Trump also described the report as “false, malicious, and defamatory,” and announced his intention to sue The Wall Street Journal, News Corporation, and Rupert Murdoch himself. He emphasized that he had personally warned Murdoch and editor Emma Tucker about the authenticity of the letter, but they still insisted on publishing it.
Trump described this action as “another case of fake news,” denying any impropriety with Epstein.
According to a report by The Wall Street Journal on July 17th, during Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003, a leather-bound birthday album prepared by friends Maxwell for him contained a signed letter from Trump, which was light-hearted and included several lines of text. The letter was written in third person, mimicking a fictional conversation between Trump and Epstein. (Xu Tao)