President Donald Trump has followed through on his vow to file suit against The Wall Street Journal, alleging the newspaper falsely reported that he sent a suggestive birthday letter in 2003 to the now-deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Trump filed the suit Friday in federal court in Miami.
The president announced the lawsuit in a post on Truth Social.
“This lawsuit is filed not only on behalf of your favorite President, ME, but also in order to continue standing up for ALL Americans who will no longer tolerate the abusive wrongdoings of the Fake News Media,” he wrote.
The suit alleges defamation by the newspaper for an article that was published Thursday amid renewed scrutiny of Trump’s relationship with Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 while facing sex trafficking charges.
In addition to the Journal and its parent company News Corp, the suit names WSJ reporters Khadeeja Safdar and Joe Palazzolo. It also names Rupert Murdoch, the head of News Corp.