U.S. President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Friday against Dow Jones, News Corp , Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal reporters, raising claims under federal libel law, court records show.

MSNBC Legal Correspondent Lisa Rubin joins Nicolle Wallace to break down the libel lawsuit Donald Trump has filed against Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, and two Wall Street Journal reporters after their reporting on Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump, who filed the federal suit in Miami, is accusing the paper and its owner of libel related to an article published Thursday that alleges the president wrote a “bawdy” message to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 for the disgraced financier’s birthday.

At the president's request, Attorney General Pam Bondi moved to unseal grand jury transcripts from the investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. And Trump has leveled a multi-billion dollar libel lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal,

Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, following a report on his alleged 2003 birthday greeting to Jeffrey Epstein. The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump sent a letter to Epstein featuring suggestive imagery.

The Wall Street Journal’s July 17, 2025, report alleging Trump’s suggestive letter in Jeffrey Epstein’s 2003 birthday album ignited a $10 billion libel lawsuit and intensified calls for Epstein file disclosures,

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