President Donald Trump lashed out against the Wall Street Journal, threatening to sue the publication after it ran a story claiming the president sent Jeffrey Epstein a suggestive letter.
“The Wall Street Journal printed a FAKE letter, supposedly to Epstein. These are not my words, not the way I talk. Also, I don’t draw pictures. I told Rupert Murdoch it was a Scam, that he shouldn’t print this Fake Story,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, calling the publication a “third rate newspaper.”
According to the WSJ, Trump wrote Epstein a birthday letter featuring a suggestive sketch. The letter concluded with, “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
In a separate post on Truth Social, Trump again declared his intentions to sue the publication.
“The Wall Street Journal, and Rupert Murdoch, personally, were warned directly by President Donald J. Trump that the supposed letter they printed by President Trump to Epstein was a FAKE and, if they print it, they will be sued,” he wrote on Truth Social. “Mr. Murdoch stated that he would take care of it but, obviously, did not have the power to do so. The Editor of The Wall Street Journal, Emma Tucker, was told directly by Karoline Leavitt, and by President Trump, that the letter was a FAKE, but Emma Tucker didn’t want to hear that. Instead, they are going with a false, malicious, and defamatory story anyway. President Trump will be suing The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Mr. Murdoch, shortly.”
“The Press has to learn to be truthful, and not rely on sources that probably don’t even exist. President Trump has already beaten George Stephanopoulos/ABC, 60 Minutes/CBS, and others, and looks forward to suing and holding accountable the once great Wall Street Journal. It has truly turned out to be a ‘Disgusting and Filthy Rag’ and, writing defamatory lies like this, shows their desperation to remain relevant,” Trump continued. “If there were any truth at all on the Epstein Hoax, as it pertains to President Trump, this information would have been revealed by Comey, Brennan, Crooked Hillary, and other Radical Left Lunatics years ago. It certainly would not have sat in a file waiting for ‘TRUMP’ to have won three Elections. This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS!”
Vice President JD Vance issued a response to the alleged letter, declaring that the WSJ should be “ashamed for publishing it.”
“Where is this letter? Would you be shocked to learn they never showed it to us before publishing it?” he asked on social media. “Does anyone honestly believe this sounds like Donald Trump?”
