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Here’s what President Donald Trump would have to prove to win his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal.

President follows through on libel threat over report that said he sent Epstein ‘bawdy’ birthday note and sketch

US Justice Department files a motion in Manhattan federal court to unseal grand jury transcripts in the Epstein cases.

US president’s lawsuit came just before the justice department asked a court to unseal grand jury testimony from the federal sex-trafficking investigation into the former financier. Key US politics stories from Friday 18 July

US president files libel suit over report that said he sent financier ‘bawdy’ birthday note and sketch

ANALYSIS: Based on a review of Fox news transcripts, the only brief mention of the blockbuster story was a tease by Laura Ingraham — who never came back to it after an ad break, writes Justin Baragona

ANALYSIS: For days, Donald Trump couldn’t get his MAGA base to drop their anger over the Epstein files. However, as Justin Baragona writes, it appears that the Wall Street Journal’s bombshell report gives the right the perfect opportunity to unite in its shared hatred of the mainstream media.

The president is furious over the Epstein story – but the media mogul appears to be playing a longer game

President Donald Trump attempted Friday to control the storm triggered by a bombshell report on his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, ordering the Justice Department to seek the release of testimony from the prosecution of the late, alleged sex-trafficker-to-the-famous.

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Trump denies 'bawdy' Epstein letter, demands grand jury files be released. Bondi acts as controversy grows, ready to unseal records amid backlash.