3 h. ago Bill Clinton sent 'warm and gushing' letter for Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday

The former US president (pictured, with Epstein) was one of hundreds who contributed to a heavy leather-bound, gold-embossed album of letters compiled by Epstein's ex-lover Ghislaine Maxwell.

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8 h. ago Trump requests release of Epstein court documents but says ‘nothing will be enough for the troublemakers’ – as it happened

This liveblog is now closedAs Donald Trump tries to claim he was “not a fan” of Jeffrey Epstein, photos, videos and anecdotes paint a picture of their relationship, writes Adam Gabbatt:Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has called for Barack Obama and former senior US national security officials to be prosecuted after accusing them of a “treasonous conspiracy” intended to show that Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential election win was due to Russian interference. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Trump requests release of Epstein court documents but says ‘nothing will be enough for the troublemakers’ – US politics live

Move seeks to quell controversy that has engulfed the administration since it said it would not release more files from Epstein’s sex trafficking caseAs Donald Trump tries to claim he was “not a fan” of Jeffrey Epstein, photos, videos and anecdotes paint a picture of their relationship, writes Adam Gabbatt:Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has called for Barack Obama and former senior US national security officials to be prosecuted after accusing them of a “treasonous conspiracy” intended to show that Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential election win was due to Russian interference. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over explosive Epstein birthday card claims

The lawsuit accuses Mr Murdock of libel and slander over the article published this week

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20 h. ago Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch for $10bn over explosive Epstein birthday card claims

The lawsuit accuses Mr Murdock of libel and slander over the article published this week

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25 h. ago Donald Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over report on alleged Epstein ties

A copy of the complaint has not yet been listed but the docket is online, and Trump's claims are: "Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Libel, Assault, Slander." It was filed in the Southern District of Florida.

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25 h. ago Steve Bannon shares chilling theory about why Murdoch's Wall Street Journal revealed Trump's letter to Epstein

The claim was made during a broadcast before Trump filed a $10billion lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal.

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28 h. ago Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over Epstein report

President follows through on libel threat over report that said he sent Epstein ‘bawdy’ birthday note and sketchTrump files libel suit against Murdoch – US politics live Donald Trump has sued Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal newspaper reporters for libel and slander over claims that he sent sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a bawdy note and sketch of a naked woman.Trump’s lawsuit on Friday, which also targets Dow Jones and News Corp, was filed in the southern district of Florida federal court in Miami. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Why isn’t Fox News covering the Wall Street Journal’s bombshell scoop of the Trump

Based on a review of Fox news transcripts, the only brief mention of the blockbuster story was a tease by Laura Ingraham — who never came back to it after an ad break, writes Justin Baragona

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29 h. ago Trump delivers on promise to sue Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over Epstein birthday card

Court records show the libel suit filed in the Southern District of Florida against WSJ, Dow Jones and Rupert Murdoch.

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30 h. ago Trump worked to kill a story about his friendship with Epstein. Now we know why | Margaret Sullivan

The president is reportedly ‘on a warpath’ over a story in the Wall Street Journal – controlled by Trump’s top media allyFor days before the Wall Street Journal published its story about Donald Trump’s salacious friendship with Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, the president was frantically working the phones.He reportedly put pressure on the paper’s top editor, Emma Tucker, and even Rupert Murdoch, who controls the paper’s business side, claiming that the alleged facts behind the story were nothing but a hoax, and threatening to sue the paper if it forged ahead.Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture Continue reading...

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32 h. ago The Wall Street Journal’s Trump story has united MAGA on the Epstein saga over their universal hatred of one thing

For days, Donald Trump couldn’t get his MAGA base to drop their anger over the Epstein files. However, as Justin Baragona writes, it appears that the Wall Street Journal’s bombshell report gives the right the perfect opportunity to unite in its shared hatred of the mainstream media.

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35 h. ago What Trump's 'birthday card' to Epstein said as he threatens to sue WSJ and Rupert Murdoch: Live updates

Donald Trump has furiously denied allegations published in The Wall Street Journal that he wrote a raunchy birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein.

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35 h. ago Trump again tries to brush off Epstein crisis as ‘nothing’, blaming Democrats for controversy – US politics live

President’s latest effort to contain fallout comes after he directs Pam Bondi to request release of grand jury transcripts and threatens to sue Wall Street JournalTrump requests release of Epstein grand jury transcripts amid report of ‘bawdy’ birthday noteIt was a friendship that spanned three different decades. To Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein was a “terrific guy”. Epstein believed himself to be Trump’s “closest friend”, and praised the future president as “charming”.The relationship would eventually break down, the men falling out over a bidding war on a property in Florida. And after Epstein was convicted of child sex offences in 2008, Trump distanced himself from the financier, claiming he was “not a fan” and wondering, in recent days, why his supporters would “waste time and energy” on demanding that FBI and Department of Justice files on Epstein be released. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago JD Vance slams Wall Street Journal’s Epstein report — despite calling for more coverage on the financier in 2021

Vice President is one of many figures close to Trump who’ve reversed themselves on the matter

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36 h. ago I've seen the footage... Trump's alleged Epstein 'birthday letter' is just the start of this crisis. It could destroy his political career: DAN HODGES

If you believe Donald Trump, the letter published today in the Wall Street Journal, purporting to be from him to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, is 'fake news'.

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37 h. ago I've seen the footage... Trump's Epstein 'birthday letter' is just the start of this crisis. It could destroy him: DAN HODGES

If you believe Donald Trump, the letter published today in the Wall Street Journal, purporting to be from him to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, is 'fake news'.

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38 h. ago This one line in Trump's squalid 'birthday letter' to Epstein could end him. No wonder he's claiming it's a scam: DAN HODGES

If you believe Donald Trump, the letter published today in the Wall Street Journal, purporting to be from him to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, is 'fake news'.

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39 h. ago DAN HODGES: This one line in Donald Trump's squalid 'birthday letter' to Epstein could end him. No wonder he's claiming it's a scam

If you believe Donald Trump, the letter published today in the Wall Street Journal, purporting to be from him to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, is 'fake news'.

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48 h. ago Trump requests release of Epstein grand jury transcripts amid report of ‘bawdy’ birthday note

President directs Pam Bondi to seek release of testimony from sex-trafficking case and threatens to sue Wall Street JournalDonald Trump said on Thursday he had directed his attorney general, Pam Bondi, to seek the release of grand jury testimony related to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking case as he sought to tamp down controversy over a story that he allegedly contributed a sketch of a naked woman to Epstein’s 50th birthday album.The president said on Truth Social he had authorized the justice department to seek the public release of the materials, which are under seal, citing “the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein”. Continue reading...

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