New task: Trump drew a sex image as a gift to Epstein
Published July 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Foreign. Donald Trump announces that he is suing the Wall Street Journal and its owners – his friend Rupert Murdoch. The reason is that the newspaper published a revelation about an obscene cartoon he allegedly drew of Epstein. At the same time, Trump is now backing down and agreeing to release certain additional documents.

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Donald Trump is furious with the Wall Street Journal after the newspaper published a letter he reportedly sent to his friend Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.

The letter, which was supposed to have been a birthday greeting to Epstein, contained, according to the newspaper, a drawing of a naked woman with Trump's signature "Donald" drawn to resemble pubic hair.

According to the Wall Street Journal, it was a "smutty letter" that ended with the words: "Happy birthday - and may every day be another wonderful secret."

In a post on his Truth Social platform, the former president denies that he is the author of the letter and calls its publication “fake.” He writes:

"The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch were personally informed by President Donald J. Trump that the so-called letter they published from Trump to Epstein was a FORGIVENESS and that they would be sued if they published it," Trump writes.

Trump further claims that Murdoch promised to stop the publication, but that he "clearly did not have the power to do so."

Trump announces that he will sue the Wall Street Journal, Murdoch and NewsCorp, describing the newspaper as a “disgusting and filthy scumbag.” According to him, the article is based on “sources that probably don’t even exist.”

Meanwhile, Trump is now pivoting on the issue of the classified material from the Epstein investigation. After uniquely harsh criticism from his own supporters, he announces that he has instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi to release "relevant" parts of the grand jury testimony - provided the court approves it.

"Based on the ridiculous amount of publicity Jeffrey Epstein has received, I have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to present all relevant grand jury testimony, subject to the court's approval," Trump wrote.

Pam Bondi confirmed shortly afterwards that the Department of Justice plans to apply to release the minutes on Friday.

Trump's new statement comes after the Justice Department announced last week that the investigation into Epstein was closed and that no more documents would be released - an announcement that led to strong internal criticism from the president's core MAGA voters. Many of whom have long demanded that all names associated with Epstein be made public.

Trump's call to his own core supporters to stop supporting him if they are not prepared to drop the Epstein affair has particularly shaken the MAGA movement.