Trump vows to sue Rupert Murdoch over WSJ's Epstein birthday letter report

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN Business

Published 10:54 PM EDT, Thu July 17, 2025


CNN — President Trump is vowing to sue the Wall Street Journal and owner Rupert Murdoch over the outlet’s bombshell story detailing a 2003 birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein bearing Trump’s name and a drawing of a naked woman.

“I told Rupert Murdoch it was a Scam, that he shouldn’t print this Fake Story. But he did, and now I’m going to sue his ass off, and that of his third rate newspaper,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Trump has a long history of legal threats against news outlets, and doesn’t always follow through with actual lawsuits. In this case, he did not specify what exactly he’d sue the newspaper for, though his camp referenced “defamatory lies.” But the mere threat of a lawsuit opened a new chapter in the operatic relationship between Trump and Murdoch, the 93-year-old patriarch who controls the Journal, Fox News and other conservative media brands.

A spokesperson for the Journal declined to comment on Trump’s threat or on the assertion that he directly spoke with Murdoch before publication.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/media/trump-rupert-murdoch-wsj-epstein-story-lawsuit-threat

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Rupert Murdoch: HOLD MY BEER

[underpants]

10. Yeah if he can eat 3/4 of a Billion in the Dominion case

Trump would be pocket change

[BoRaGard]

2. "Bring it." - WSJ Team of Top Discovery Lawyers

the republicon draft dodger will go TACO on this. For sure.

[creon]

3. Go ahead

Go ahead and sue.
It will not work out for "our boy"

[Lovie777]

4. I'm so sick and tired of shithole....

along with the fucked up rnc.

They are EVIL.

[wolfie001]

32. shithole the rapist

[IbogaProject]

5. The wealthy have decided

Bye bye TACO, they got their big horrible bill and tax cuts, they are tired of the chaos and the naked corruption. All this should have been news b4 the election. https://archive.is/NunQn

[Phoenix61]

17. They are fine with hidden corruption it's the out in

the open everyone can see it type they don’t like. The tariff war bs is making it difficult for multi-national corps to plan and you know they don’t t like that.

[Escurumbele]

42. Best analysis so far. That is exactly what is happening, karma for the buffoon, his usefulness has run out, now they

want him to disappear to Mar-A-Lago and to stay there, to never open his mouth in public again.

Karma, it will be him under the bus now. Not sure if its true, did Vance really ask for the Epstein files to be disclosed? If so, that is one of the signs they want him out.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

6. Going with his gut?? Be prepared to get indigestion BIG TIME, Donnie!

Because even MORE shit is going to hit the fan that ole Rupert has on TACO Don. Not to mention what Vlad has on the TACO too!

[Botany]

15. Vlad and Rupert are old time buddies.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the pee pee tape comes out.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

16. One can only hope.

[PunkinPi]

18. I'm old enough to remember this...

Source - https://www.gq.com/story/wendi-deng-vladimir-putin-dating

[Attilatheblond]

25. And I remember Wendi taking Ivanka on a tour of Putin's office

Now, where did I put that photo of Vanki in Vlad's chair with Wendi looking on....

[flying_wahini]

29. And Steven Millers wife left to "work" with fElon

Right….🤪

[wolfie001]

34. Remember the NC wheelchair repub who went to the RW sex parties in DC

That's just how these bible-thumpers roll.

[DBoon]

48. He sure has completely vanished, hasn't he?

I believe it was Madison Cawthorn

[wolfie001]

59. He was a monster

I hope he's miserable every day for the rest of his life. How he treated women who mistakenly got into his car and went out on a date with him. Yuck.

[llmart]

50. Mike Johnson is another one.

Jerry Falwell, Jim Baaker, Strom Thurman, Jesse Helms.....bible thumpers - I don't trust them. Their religion is a cover for their evil deeds.

[wolfie001]

60. Larry Craig

Airport bathroom Mister Tryster

[JohnnyRingo]

7. A very powerful enemy to make.

They say don't make an enemy of someone who buys ink by the barrel, but Trump shouldn't mess with someone who pays Sean Hannity and and dozens of other sycophants millions to flatter him on a daily basis.

[orangecrush]

26. Verily

[Walleye]

8. Murdoch has spent decades, nurturing the infrastructure that made Trump possible

[JohnnyRingo]

62. ...and it appears President Superman has gotten rather full of himself

He seems to think he's impervious and no one can touch him. He must think he got to where he is by his own wiles.
Murdock can release the hounds with one phone call and it won't be pretty. Except from where I'm sitting.

[Paladin]

9. Take him DOWN, Murdoch.

Do us all a favor, for a change...

[Trueblue Texan]

19. Maybe they'll take each other down. nt

[Buddyzbuddy]

11. I would absolutely encourage him to sue.

File today, don't wait.

[Scrivener7]

12. Cankles will back off that threat. He knows it will trigger discovery. That's just a performance for his base.

[twodogsbarking]

13. Discovery. The "D" word.

[onenote]

65. Have you actually litigated a defamation case?

Non-lawyers tend to have an overblown idea of what is discoverable by a defendant in a defamation case.

[twodogsbarking]

66. No I have not. I did sleep at Holiday Inn Express though.

[wolfie001]

35. Cankles! Haven't heard that in 20 years!!!

Bwaa HaHa!!! Good one!

[Scrivener7]

39. Not original to me. Another DUer, mwb970, used it yesterday.

democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3497368

Perfect, isn't it? Especially as it used to be their name for Hillary.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

52. "Cankles"

[Botany]

14. I think T.P.T.B. have decided to be done with Trump

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All of this stuff about Trump has been known for years. The stories of underage women, studio 54 w/
the cocaine and sex parties, Epstein, walking in on teen beauty contestants when they were naked,
saying his own daughter was a hot piece of ass, his connections to organized crime, to having call
girls working @ his casinos, and so on are old news. Why now? They got their tax breaks, regulations
have been gutted, and benefits to the rich and fossil fuel industries and so it is good bye Donny time.
He has served his purpose.

And the T.P.T.B./tech- crypto boys now have a shiny new judicial & electoral system to keep them
in power too.

[Attilatheblond]

31. The memory of JD, Theil and a little parade of other billionaires comeing and going from northwest Montana recently

Those guys didn't get that rich by not seeing where things were going and when a course correction was gonna be required.

To quote Barron: 'It's on' but maybe not as the newest Trump spawn thinks. Or maybe number 3 son is not as fond of daddy weirdest as the Big Buffoona would like to believe.

[maspaha]

20. YES! Sue them...

….pass the popcorn…here comes discovery!

[chouchou]

21. I love the " his camp, Trump referenced "defamatory lies."

Somewhere on the internet, someone is writing 14 zeros, when talking about Trump's lies.
Dear Donnie, looks like the train is headed for your dumb ass...

[Martin Eden]

22. I doubt the WSJ would publish the story of the letter if it was fake

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Trump's only recourse to to bluster and shout fake news and make threats until the next shiny object replaces this letter thingy in the news cycle.

[speak easy]

46. I doubt the WSJ would publish it without a go ahead from Rupert.

A decision has been made to take him down.

[Martin Eden]

47. The Felon delivered tax breaks and deregulation

Not only is he no longer needed, some of his insanity is hurting the economy and therefore profits.

[Wounded Bear]

23. If he sues, you know it's trues...

[Grins]

24. "I told Rupert Murdoch it was a Scam(sic)...". So Rupert gave him a heads-up.

Yeah; nothing obvious here. /s

[johnnyfins]

51. Yes. Most will call the subject ahead of time

to get confirmation or denial.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

53. Except...

*rump is a pathological liar and probably never spoke to Murdoch.

[orangecrush]

27. Thiel and company got their mileage out of Trump

They want him out of the way for Vance, Thiel's sock.

[wolfie001]

36. Millions will suffer so they can save, what 1-5% off their tax bills?

Crazy. The rich pigs are hardly paying anything as it is. So f6cking greedy.

[Johonny]

28. The guy's name is Taco on the streets of NY

Does anyone think he will really sue? No.

[Wonder Why]

30. How about a fight to the death to resolve it? Tickets would sell like hotcackes and proceeds could be donated

to helping immigrants gain legal status in this country.

[live love laugh]

33. Funny how he's not threatened to sue Leon.

[BumRushDaShow]

37. He's hitting that one in other ways

by threatening the cancellation of contracts.

[Gore1FL]

38. Might as well. Everyone keeps rolling over for him. nt

[flashman13]

40. Oh yes! Please Please Please sue. I assume Trump knows what the term discovery means?

He will have to testify under oath. Attorneys can ask questions on any subject. What might we discover?

Get the pop corn.

[ancianita]

44. He knows how to use his lawyers to file interminable motions and hearing delays before any trial can even be scheduled.

It would take until next year to get a trial scheduled. Only then can discovery begin. The felon is using a suit to stop Murdoch and WSJ from making any further revelations.

If he sued, Wyden in Congress could subpoena US Treasury records from Bessent re the $1.1 Billion in wire transfers (names and account numbers) to and from Epstein. That right there is hard evidence that shows what he was up to. Bondi could do nothing to stop Bessent from complying with Wyden's committee.

[Darkstar53142]

41. Please Sue, Cheato!

If Cheato von TacoFührer sues, he's open to discovery.

Please sue, Cheato...please!

[republianmushroom]

43. Just do it, big boy, do it, sue.

[Figarosmom]

45. Okay, as they say discovery will be a good read

Of course his layers will say don't and we know he'll lie in discovery and end up screwing himself like he did in the E Jean Carroll case.

[MissouriDem47]

49. Trump is Called TACO For A Reason

He always chickens out.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

54. Go for it slobfather

[johnnyfins]

55. Why do I have this feeling that the birthday

letter isn't the only thing that the WSJ has? Doesn't seem like a one off to me.

[johnnyfins]

56. Another thought just popped into my head.

Was Maurene Comey fired because TSF thinks that she leaked the birthday letter to the WSJ?

[bluestarone]

57. Maybe it's way past time for a counter suit for maybe 500 million?

Interfering with business affairs? Or whatever they could counter sue for.

[Initech]

58. This just further cements his guilt. Dude needs to be booted and arrested now.

[Warpy]

61. Let the games begin!

I love it when they fight each other.

Whether Murdoch will settle a "make it go away" like CBS did with the baseless suit it got hitt with is anyone's guess. I sincerely Hope Murdoch has had enough of King Arsewipe.and will do a Mr. Burns cackle as he delays over and over, dragging the suit out until one of them dies.

[FakeNoose]

63. I hope the Grim Reaper is coming for BOTH of them

[The Madcap]

64. It's really a sad state of affairs

When I want Rupert Murdoch to win a lawsuit. Bigly.

Battle of the Billionaires.