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Trump Sues Wall Street Journal Over Alleged Epstein Letter, Moves to Unseal Grand Jury Transcripts

His defamation claim against the Journal has spurred a Justice Department bid to lift secrecy on grand jury testimony from the Epstein probe.

Activists put up a poster showing President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein near the U.S. Embassy in London, Thursday, July 17, 2025.(AP Photo/Thomas Krych)
cercanos al círculo de Trump negaron que la carta a Epstein fuera de él.
Epstein y Donald Trump en una fiesta, cuando el presidente de Estados Unidos era un conocido empresario de Nueva York. Foto: Especial
President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner for Republican senators in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Overview

  • The Wall Street Journal published an alleged 2003 birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein featuring typed text framed by a hand-drawn nude figure and signed “Donald” beneath the waist.
  • The letter appeared in a leather-bound album compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell and reviewed by Department of Justice officials during earlier Epstein and Maxwell investigations.
  • Trump has denied writing or illustrating the letter, labeled the report a malicious fabrication and threatened legal action.
  • On July 18, he filed defamation lawsuits in the Southern District of Florida against The Wall Street Journal, its reporters, News Corp and Rupert Murdoch.
  • Department of Justice and FBI memoranda reaffirmed that Epstein died by suicide in 2019 and found no evidence of a clandestine client list for blackmail.