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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Washington

Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over Epstein report

Two men laugh as one man points
Donald Trump with Rupert Murdoch at Trump’s golf club in Aberdeen in 2016. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters

Donald Trump has sued Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal newspaper reporters for libel and slander over claims that he sent the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a lewd letter and sketch of a naked woman.

Trump’s lawsuit on Friday, which also targets Dow Jones and News Corp, was filed in the southern district of Florida federal court in Miami.

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