Overview

• Trump filed a libel lawsuit in Miami federal court against The Wall Street Journal, News Corp and Rupert Murdoch for reporting that he sent a sexually suggestive birthday letter and sketch to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.
• Attorney General Pam Bondi, at the president’s request, signaled readiness to petition a judge to unseal testimony from Epstein’s grand jury proceedings.
• The Justice Department submitted a motion in Manhattan federal court to begin releasing the sealed grand jury transcripts related to Epstein’s prosecution.
• The Wall Street Journal said the contested letter was part of a leather-bound album compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell and featured an outline of a naked woman with Trump’s signature drawn to resemble pubic hair; Trump denies its authenticity.
• A recent DOJ and FBI memo confirmed Epstein’s 2019 death was a suicide and found no evidence of a client list, intensifying calls for full disclosure of the case records.