President Trump sued The Wall Road Journal’s father or mother firm for libel Friday after the newspaper revealed a narrative detailing an alleged letter Trump despatched to Jeffrey Epstein for his fiftieth birthday.
Court docket information point out Trump filed a federal libel go well with in opposition to the corporate, however the grievance was not instantly accessible.
Trump threatened to sue the outlet in an interview forward of publication, and he doubled down on the risk after the story was revealed Thursday night.
In keeping with the Journal, the letter allegedly contains a number of traces of textual content “framed by the outline of a naked woman.” It allegedly ends: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
Trump denies writing the letter.
The go well with names the story’s two reporters, Dow Jones, Information Corp and Rupert Murdoch, who controls the corporate, as defendants. It was filed in federal court docket within the Southern District of Florida.
The Hill has reached out to Information Corp for remark.
