BREAKING: Trump suit over ‘fake’ Epstein letter assigned to Obama-appointed judge

Gayles was appointed by Obama in 2014 and serves on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Trump filed the suit against two Wall Street Journal reporters, the Dow Jones, Rupert Murdoch, and News Corp over the Wall Street Journals’ reporting on his alleged sending of the letter. The suit was filed in the Southern District of Florida.

The report claimed that Trump wrote Epstein a birthday note bearing typewritten text and a marker sketch of a naked woman in 2003. The letter, reviewed by the Journal, ends with the line: "Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret." A signature on the letter was written below the waist area of the woman, resembling pubic hair.

Trump has denied writing the letter. "This is not me. This is a fake thing. It’s a fake Wall Street Journal story. I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women. It’s not my language. It’s not my words."

Trump wrote on Truth Social, "The Wall Street Journal, and Rupert Murdoch, personally, were warned directly by President Donald J. Trump that the supposed letter they printed by President Trump to Epstein was a FAKE and, if they print it, they will be sued. Mr. Murdoch stated that he would take care of it but, obviously, did not have the power to do so. The Editor of The Wall Street Journal, Emma Tucker, was told directly by Karoline Leavitt, and by President Trump, that the letter was a FAKE, but Emma Tucker didn’t want to hear that. Instead, they are going with a false, malicious, and defamatory story anyway."

A spokesperson for Dow Jones, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal, said in a statement, "We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit."

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