
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he would take legal action against the Wall Street Journal and its owner over a new report about his alleged connection to Jeffrey Epstein. The announcement came alongside his directive to Attorney General Pam Bondi to begin unsealing grand jury testimony in Epstein’s criminal case.
The Wall Street Journal published a report claiming Trump had sent an inappropriate birthday letter to Epstein. The report quickly drew strong reactions from the White House, with Vice President JD Vance and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt publicly denouncing it.