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Trump news at a glance: Trump sues Murdoch and WSJ for libel and slander over Epstein claims

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Donald Trump is suing Rupert Murdoch and News Corp as the fallout from the US president’s past friendship with Jeffrey Epstein continues. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Donald Trump on Friday sued Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal reporters for libel and slander over claims that he sent sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a bawdy note and sketch of a naked woman.

The lawsuit came just before the US justice department asked a New York court to unseal grand jury testimony transcripts from the federal sex-trafficking investigation into Epstein.

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