Overview

• Trump sued The Wall Street Journal, News Corp and Rupert Murdoch in the Southern District of Florida seeking at least US$10 billion for publishing a 2003 birthday note he denies writing
• The Journal’s report described a letter framed by a hand-drawn outline of a naked woman and bearing the signature “Donald” with the line “may every day be another wonderful secret”
• Trump vehemently denies authoring or sketching the note and has branded the story a “fake” while threatening legal action
• At Trump’s direction the Justice Department filed a motion to unseal grand jury transcripts from the Epstein prosecution but any release requires court approval and victim-privacy redactions
• The dispute heightens focus on Epstein-related records and fuels ongoing debates over transparency and conspiracy theories