Trump Threatens To Sue WSJ Over ‘FAKE’ Epstein Letter, Orders Bondi To Unseal Testimony

President Donald Trump forcefully shot down a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday night claiming that he wrote a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein that included a sketch of a naked woman, saying he’d sue the outlet for claiming otherwise.

“This is not me,” Trump told the outlet. “This is a fake thing.”

He followed that up with a lengthy statement a few hours after its publication, stating that the paper’s owner Rupert Murdoch and editor-in-chief Emma Tucker were “warned directly” by Trump that the letter “was a FAKE and, if they print it, they will be sued.”

“President Trump will be suing the Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Mr. Murdoch, shortly,” Trump said.

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— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal article claimed that it had obtained a “letter bearing Trump’s name” that was included in a birthday book created for Epstein. It claims that the letter was part of a leather-bound album, and that Trump framed his letter within “the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker.”

Notably, the paper did not include an image of the letter it claimed to have reviewed. It says the letter was part of the trove of Department of Justice papers that have come to be known as the “Epstein files.” Neither the DOJ nor the FBI responded to its requests for comment, it disclosed.

Trump has sought to shut down furor surrounding the Epstein disclosures, which started when the DOJ announced nearly two weeks ago that there would be no major release pertaining to Epstein. It also announced that there was no “client list” and concluded that there was no evidence calling into question Epstein’s suicide.

After lashing out at the Wall Street Journal article, Trump publicly stated that he’d asked his attorney general, Pam Bondi, to release “any and all” pertinent Grand Jury testimony on Epstein that a court would allow.

Bondi said she was “ready to move the court tomorrow to unseal the grand jury transcripts.”

President Trump—we are ready to move the court tomorrow to unseal the grand jury transcripts. pic.twitter.com/hOXzdTcYYB

— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) July 18, 2025

Trump has already said that he asked Bondi to release any credible evidence on Epstein to the public.

Trump’s initial post refuting the Wall Street Journal’s report argues that if the letter was genuine, there is no chance it wouldn’t have “been revealed by Comey, Brennan, Crooked Hillary, and other Radical left Lunatics years ago.”

All of the documents in question were in the government’s possession during the Biden administration.

“It certainly would not have sat in a file waiting for ‘TRUMP’ to have won three Elections,” Trump said. “This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS!”

While it is well-documented that Trump and Epstein were friendly when they both lived in New York City, there is no evidence that Trump was involved in any of Epstein’s criminal wrongdoing. Epstein was not accused of sexual relations with young girls until 2006, years after the two had a falling out.

Though headlines on Epstein have driven the news cycle for the last week, with many right-wing commentators and influencers criticizing Trump’s handling of the situation, it appears to have had no standing on Trump’s voters. Polling shows that Trump’s approval rating has gone up with Republican voters since the Epstein announcement.