'Press Has To Learn To Be Truthful': Trump Threatens To Sue WSJ Over Epstein Letter Report
US President Donald Trump said that he'd ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi 'to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval'.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to sue The Wall Street Journal, Corp., and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over a report linking him to Jeffrey Epstein.
The reaction from the US President comes following a report by The Wall Street Journal claiming that Trump had allegedly sent a sexually suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein — a claim the former president has strongly denied, calling the letter a fabrication.
Trump also posted about the same from his social media platform saying that he'd ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi 'to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval." She quickly responded on X that she was ready to do so on Friday, though the process of getting judges to sign off on such a move would likely take considerably longer, as per a report by CNN.
'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. Mr. Murdoch stated that he would take care of it but, obviously, did not have the power to do so," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
On Thursday, the American President had vowed to sue The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. He mentioned that they have been warned about publishing the story and that the letter was 'fake."
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