BREAKING UPDATE: Trump sues Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, Wall Street Journal reporters for libel over Epstein letter story

CNBC reported that court records show Trump filed a libel lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida’s federal court against Murdoch, Dow Jones, the Journal’s publisher, and the journalists responsible for the article.

The Journal reported Thursday that Trump wrote Epstein a birthday note in 2003 featuring typewritten text surrounded by a marker sketch of a naked woman.

The sketch, according to the report, includes arcs representing breasts and a signature written beneath the waist area resembling pubic hair. The letter, reviewed by the Journal, ends with the line: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”

The note was allegedly part of a collection of “dozens” of birthday greetings compiled by Epstein’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

The letters were bound into a leather book and gifted to Epstein on his 50th birthday.

Trump denied writing or drawing anything of the sort, telling the Journal: “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.”

In a Truth Social post, Trump said: "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.

"President Trump will be suing The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Mr. Murdoch, shortly. The Press has to learn to be truthful, and not rely on sources that probably don’t even exist. President Trump has already beaten George Stephanopoulos/ABC, 60 Minutes/CBS, and others, and looks forward to suing and holding accountable the once great Wall Street Journal.

"It has truly turned out to be a “Disgusting and Filthy Rag” and, writing defamatory lies like this, shows their desperation to remain relevant. If there were any truth at all on the Epstein Hoax, as it pertains to President Trump, this information would have been revealed by Comey, Brennan, Crooked Hillary, and other Radical Left Lunatics years ago. It certainly would not have sat in a file waiting for 'TRUMP' to have won three Elections. This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS!"

He also said he planned legal action against the newspaper, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp: “I’m gonna sue The Wall Street Journal just like I sued everyone else,” he said.

The article comes amid renewed public interest in Epstein’s associations following a government conclusion last week that Epstein died by suicide in his Manhattan jail cell in 2019. Officials also stated the US government is not in possession of a “client list” linked to Epstein’s alleged trafficking network.