US President Donald Trump on Friday filed a lawsuit against its owners including Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. He has taken this step, fulfilling his promise made on Thursday. The newspaper had reported that Trump had sent a birthday greeting message to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003, with a nude woman signed in sketch and sexual shape.
The case filed in the federal court of Southern district of Florida in Miami, a few days after the Wall Street Journal published the claim that Trump sent a birthday letter to Epstein in 2003.
What was in the birthday letter?
According to the report, there was a sketch of a naked woman in a birthday album allegedly compiled by Gislain Maxwell, which was signed by Trump in a vulgar manner. There was also a note, which mentioned ‘amazing mysteries’.
Donald Trump has strongly denied this news and described the letter as concocted. He wrote in a social media post, “Wall Street Journal has published a fake letter, which has allegedly written to Epstin. These are not my words, nor do I talk, and I don’t even make sketches.”
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‘This is a scam …’
In another social media post, Trump wrote: “I told Rupert Murdoch that it is a scam, they should not print this fake story, but they printed and now I am going to sue him and his cheap newspaper.”
Trump also said that Murdoch had promised to investigate the matter. Trump claimed, “Murdoch had said that he would look into the matter, but obviously he does not have the right to do so. Instead, they are printing a false, malicious and derogatory story.”
After the report came out, this legal action has been taken after the threats that Trump had committed to sue. He wrote, “I am ready to testify in my trial against Rupert Murdoch and his ‘garbage’ newspaper, WSJ, this will be an interesting experience.”
Explain that till now, a copy of the formal complaint has not been made publicly available.
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