President Donald Trump sued over The Wall Street Journal's reporting that he wrote a "bawdy" birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein.

Donald Trump has sued Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a Wall Street Journal report detailing a 2003 birthday letter allegedly written by Trump to Jeffrey Epstein. The letter, found in a birthday album organized by Ghislaine Maxwell,

Trump on Friday sued Murdoch, Dow Jones and News Corp in the latest example of the president looking to chill the press with lawsuits. Broadcasters CBS and ABC each paid $16mn to settle lawsuits with Trump, successes that he alluded to in his threats against Murdoch and the WSJ.

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,