The paper claimed a 2003 birthday greeting from “Donald” featured a drawing of a unadorned lady
US President Donald Trump has threatened authorized motion in opposition to the Wall Avenue Journal, its dad or mum firm Information Corp., and media mogul Rupert Murdoch after the newspaper claimed that he authored a lewd letter to Jeffrey Epstein for his fiftieth birthday.
The alleged letter was reportedly a part of a leather-bound album compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell in 2003 and included a crude drawing of a nude lady, based on an unique report the Journal revealed on Thursday.
“A pair of small arcs denotes the lady’s breasts, and the longer term president’s signature is a squiggly Donald under her waist, mimicking pubic hair,” the report described, with out explaining how the outlet obtained what it claimed was a beforehand unreleased Division of Justice file.
The paper acknowledged that Trump strongly denied the allegation, however went forward with publication. “I by no means wrote an image in my life. I don’t draw footage of girls… It’s not my language. It’s not my phrases,” the Journal quoted him as saying.
A number of hours after the story broke, Trump accused Murdoch and WSJ Editor Emma Tucker of intentionally spreading “defamatory lies.”
“The Wall Avenue Journal, and Rupert Murdoch, personally, have been warned instantly by President Donald J. Trump that the supposed letter… was a FAKE and, in the event that they print it, they are going to be sued,” Trump wrote in a submit on his Reality Social platform.
He described the “as soon as nice” paper as a “disgusting and filthy rag” that was desperately attempting to “keep related.” Trump vowed to sue the WSJ, Information Corp., and Murdoch “shortly,” citing his historical past of profitable lawsuits in opposition to main media shops.
Epstein was arrested in 2019 and charged with trafficking minors for intercourse. He allegedly hanged himself in his New York jail cell earlier than standing trial. His longtime affiliate, Ghislaine Maxwell, was later convicted of conspiring to sexually abuse underage women and is now serving a 20-year sentence. Though Epstein’s loss of life was formally dominated a suicide, it has lengthy been the topic of public skepticism.
Earlier this week, Trump responded to rising criticism over his administration’s dealing with of the Epstein case, claiming that solely “silly folks” nonetheless demand entry to the intercourse offender’s alleged “shopper record.”
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