Overview

• The Wall Street Journal detailed an alleged 2003 letter to Jeffrey Epstein featuring typewritten text framed by a marker sketch of a naked woman signed “Donald” beneath the waist.
• Trump denied any involvement on Truth Social, insisting the story is “fake” and declaring he has never drawn pictures of women.
• He threatened to sue the Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp and Rupert Murdoch for defamation over the unverified document.
• Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Justice Department will file a court motion on Friday to unseal any pertinent Epstein grand jury transcripts.
• The dispute underscores a divide within Trump’s MAGA coalition between calls for full transparency and claims that the letter story is a partisan smear.