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BumRushDaShow

(165,731 posts)
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 07:02 AM Jul 2025

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

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

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Trump vows to sue Rupert Murdoch over WSJ's Epstein birthday letter report (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 OP
Rupert Murdoch: HOLD MY BEER no_hypocrisy Jul 2025 #1
Yeah if he can eat 3/4 of a Billion in the Dominion case underpants Jul 2025 #10
"Bring it." - WSJ Team of Top Discovery Lawyers BoRaGard Jul 2025 #2
Go ahead creon Jul 2025 #3
I'm so sick and tired of shithole.... Lovie777 Jul 2025 #4
shithole the rapist wolfie001 Jul 2025 #32
The wealthy have decided IbogaProject Jul 2025 #5
They are fine with hidden corruption it's the out in Phoenix61 Jul 2025 #17
Best analysis so far. That is exactly what is happening, karma for the buffoon, his usefulness has run out, now they Escurumbele Jul 2025 #42
Going with his gut?? Be prepared to get indigestion BIG TIME, Donnie! ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2025 #6
Vlad and Rupert are old time buddies. Botany Jul 2025 #15
One can only hope. ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2025 #16
I'm old enough to remember this... PunkinPi Jul 2025 #18
And I remember Wendi taking Ivanka on a tour of Putin's office Attilatheblond Jul 2025 #25
And Steven Millers wife left to "work" with fElon flying_wahini Jul 2025 #29
Remember the NC wheelchair repub who went to the RW sex parties in DC wolfie001 Jul 2025 #34
He sure has completely vanished, hasn't he? DBoon Jul 2025 #48
He was a monster wolfie001 Jul 2025 #59
Mike Johnson is another one. llmart Jul 2025 #50
Larry Craig wolfie001 Jul 2025 #60
A very powerful enemy to make. JohnnyRingo Jul 2025 #7
Verily orangecrush Jul 2025 #26
Murdoch has spent decades, nurturing the infrastructure that made Trump possible Walleye Jul 2025 #8
...and it appears President Superman has gotten rather full of himself JohnnyRingo Jul 2025 #62
Take him DOWN, Murdoch. Paladin Jul 2025 #9
Maybe they'll take each other down. nt Trueblue Texan Jul 2025 #19
I would absolutely encourage him to sue. Buddyzbuddy Jul 2025 #11
Cankles will back off that threat. He knows it will trigger discovery. That's just a performance for his base. Scrivener7 Jul 2025 #12
Discovery. The "D" word. twodogsbarking Jul 2025 #13
Have you actually litigated a defamation case? onenote Jul 2025 #65
No I have not. I did sleep at Holiday Inn Express though. twodogsbarking Jul 2025 #66
Cankles! Haven't heard that in 20 years!!! wolfie001 Jul 2025 #35
Not original to me. Another DUer, mwb970, used it yesterday. Scrivener7 Jul 2025 #39
"Cankles" MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2025 #52
I think T.P.T.B. have decided to be done with Trump Botany Jul 2025 #14
The memory of JD, Theil and a little parade of other billionaires comeing and going from northwest Montana recently Attilatheblond Jul 2025 #31
YES! Sue them... maspaha Jul 2025 #20
I love the " his camp, Trump referenced "defamatory lies." chouchou Jul 2025 #21
I doubt the WSJ would publish the story of the letter if it was fake Martin Eden Jul 2025 #22
I doubt the WSJ would publish it without a go ahead from Rupert. speak easy Jul 2025 #46
The Felon delivered tax breaks and deregulation Martin Eden Jul 2025 #47
If he sues, you know it's trues... Wounded Bear Jul 2025 #23
"I told Rupert Murdoch it was a Scam(sic)...". So Rupert gave him a heads-up. Grins Jul 2025 #24
Yes. Most will call the subject ahead of time johnnyfins Jul 2025 #51
Except... MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2025 #53
Thiel and company got their mileage out of Trump orangecrush Jul 2025 #27
Millions will suffer so they can save, what 1-5% off their tax bills? wolfie001 Jul 2025 #36
The guy's name is Taco on the streets of NY Johonny Jul 2025 #28
How about a fight to the death to resolve it? Tickets would sell like hotcackes and proceeds could be donated Wonder Why Jul 2025 #30
Funny how he's not threatened to sue Leon. live love laugh Jul 2025 #33
He's hitting that one in other ways BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 #37
Might as well. Everyone keeps rolling over for him. nt Gore1FL Jul 2025 #38
Oh yes! Please Please Please sue. I assume Trump knows what the term discovery means? flashman13 Jul 2025 #40
He knows how to use his lawyers to file interminable motions and hearing delays before any trial can even be scheduled. ancianita Jul 2025 #44
Please Sue, Cheato! Darkstar53142 Jul 2025 #41
Just do it, big boy, do it, sue. republianmushroom Jul 2025 #43
Okay, as they say discovery will be a good read Figarosmom Jul 2025 #45
Trump is Called TACO For A Reason MissouriDem47 Jul 2025 #49
Go for it slobfather Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2025 #54
Why do I have this feeling that the birthday johnnyfins Jul 2025 #55
Another thought just popped into my head. johnnyfins Jul 2025 #56
Maybe it's way past time for a counter suit for maybe 500 million? bluestarone Jul 2025 #57
This just further cements his guilt. Dude needs to be booted and arrested now. Initech Jul 2025 #58
Let the games begin! Warpy Jul 2025 #61
I hope the Grim Reaper is coming for BOTH of them FakeNoose Jul 2025 #63
It's really a sad state of affairs The Madcap Jul 2025 #64

BoRaGard

(7,591 posts)
2. "Bring it." - WSJ Team of Top Discovery Lawyers
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 07:16 AM
Jul 2025

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

IbogaProject

(5,615 posts)
5. The wealthy have decided
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 07:25 AM
Jul 2025

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

(18,702 posts)
17. They are fine with hidden corruption it's the out in
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:19 AM
Jul 2025

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

(4,019 posts)
42. Best analysis so far. That is exactly what is happening, karma for the buffoon, his usefulness has run out, now they
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:34 AM
Jul 2025

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

(20,616 posts)
6. Going with his gut?? Be prepared to get indigestion BIG TIME, Donnie!
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 07:36 AM
Jul 2025

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

(76,395 posts)
15. Vlad and Rupert are old time buddies.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:04 AM
Jul 2025

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

Attilatheblond

(8,279 posts)
25. And I remember Wendi taking Ivanka on a tour of Putin's office
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:17 AM
Jul 2025

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

wolfie001

(7,085 posts)
34. Remember the NC wheelchair repub who went to the RW sex parties in DC
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:26 AM
Jul 2025

That's just how these bible-thumpers roll.

wolfie001

(7,085 posts)
59. He was a monster
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 03:59 PM
Jul 2025

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

(17,316 posts)
50. Mike Johnson is another one.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 01:56 PM
Jul 2025

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

JohnnyRingo

(20,505 posts)
7. A very powerful enemy to make.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 07:37 AM
Jul 2025

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.

JohnnyRingo

(20,505 posts)
62. ...and it appears President Superman has gotten rather full of himself
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:00 PM
Jul 2025

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.

Scrivener7

(58,297 posts)
12. Cankles will back off that threat. He knows it will trigger discovery. That's just a performance for his base.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 07:53 AM
Jul 2025

onenote

(45,990 posts)
65. Have you actually litigated a defamation case?
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:00 PM
Jul 2025

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

Scrivener7

(58,297 posts)
39. Not original to me. Another DUer, mwb970, used it yesterday.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:56 AM
Jul 2025

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

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

Botany

(76,395 posts)
14. I think T.P.T.B. have decided to be done with Trump
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:01 AM
Jul 2025

Last edited Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:40 AM - Edit history (3)

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

(8,279 posts)
31. The memory of JD, Theil and a little parade of other billionaires comeing and going from northwest Montana recently
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:23 AM
Jul 2025

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.

chouchou

(2,803 posts)
21. I love the " his camp, Trump referenced "defamatory lies."
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:54 AM
Jul 2025

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

(15,363 posts)
22. I doubt the WSJ would publish the story of the letter if it was fake
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:57 AM
Jul 2025

Last edited Sat Jul 19, 2025, 06:23 AM - Edit history (1)

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

(12,595 posts)
46. I doubt the WSJ would publish it without a go ahead from Rupert.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:59 AM
Jul 2025

A decision has been made to take him down.

Martin Eden

(15,363 posts)
47. The Felon delivered tax breaks and deregulation
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:07 PM
Jul 2025

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

Grins

(9,245 posts)
24. "I told Rupert Murdoch it was a Scam(sic)...". So Rupert gave him a heads-up.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:05 AM
Jul 2025

Yeah; nothing obvious here. /s

orangecrush

(28,323 posts)
27. Thiel and company got their mileage out of Trump
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:21 AM
Jul 2025

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

wolfie001

(7,085 posts)
36. Millions will suffer so they can save, what 1-5% off their tax bills?
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:30 AM
Jul 2025

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

Wonder Why

(6,552 posts)
30. How about a fight to the death to resolve it? Tickets would sell like hotcackes and proceeds could be donated
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:22 AM
Jul 2025

to helping immigrants gain legal status in this country.

flashman13

(2,018 posts)
40. Oh yes! Please Please Please sue. I assume Trump knows what the term discovery means?
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:01 AM
Jul 2025

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

Get the pop corn.

ancianita

(42,862 posts)
44. He knows how to use his lawyers to file interminable motions and hearing delays before any trial can even be scheduled.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:43 AM
Jul 2025

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

(79 posts)
41. Please Sue, Cheato!
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:13 AM
Jul 2025

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

Please sue, Cheato...please!

Figarosmom

(9,745 posts)
45. Okay, as they say discovery will be a good read
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:34 AM
Jul 2025

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.

johnnyfins

(3,440 posts)
55. Why do I have this feeling that the birthday
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 02:27 PM
Jul 2025

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

johnnyfins

(3,440 posts)
56. Another thought just popped into my head.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 02:29 PM
Jul 2025

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

bluestarone

(21,157 posts)
57. Maybe it's way past time for a counter suit for maybe 500 million?
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 02:47 PM
Jul 2025

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

Warpy

(114,385 posts)
61. Let the games begin!
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:37 PM
Jul 2025

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.

The Madcap

(1,749 posts)
64. It's really a sad state of affairs
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:01 PM
Jul 2025

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

Battle of the Billionaires.

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