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Trump Files $10 Billion Suit Over Journal’s Epstein Drawing Report

His categorical denial despite archival charity sketches has reignited questions over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner with Republican Senators, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 18, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
A drawing by President Donald J. Trump (L) on display at the Street, Contemporary and Celebrity Art Auction at Julien's Auctions Pop-UP Gallery in Beverly Hills, California. October 16, 2017.
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Overview

  • Trump filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and its owners over the report that he sent a sexually suggestive drawing to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.
  • He reiterated on Truth Social, “I don’t draw pictures,” directly disputing the Journal’s account of the birthday greeting.
  • Archival records and his 2008 memoir show he sketched and donated simple cityscapes for New York charities that later sold for thousands of dollars at auction.
  • White House communications director Steven Cheung dismissed the article as “fake news” and rejected any resemblance between Trump’s known charity drawings and the Journal’s description.
  • He has authorized Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue the public release of Epstein grand jury testimony in response to supporters’ demands for transparency.