Trump sues Wall Street Journal for $10B after lewd Epstein letter report | 19 July 2025 | President Trump sued the publisher of The Wall Street Journal for $10 billion over an allegedly "fake" and "defamatory" article that claimed he sent a lewd letter, with the drawn outline of a naked woman, to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday. News Corp, its chair emeritus Rupert Murdoch and chief executive Robert Thomson; Dow Jones, the Journal's publisher; and the reporters who authored the report were named as defendants in the suit filed Friday in federal court in the Southern District of Florida. The suit, which seeks $10 billion in damages, stated "no authentic letter or drawing exists” showing Trump, 79, using "salacious language" to wish Epstein a happy 50th birthday in 2003.