Trump threatens to sue WSJ for publishing his 'erotic' letter to Epstein

US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened legal action against The Wall Street Journal after it published a sensational report detailing an alleged off-color letter he supposedly wrote to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which featured a drawing of a naked woman and a suggestive message.

According to the report, the "bawdy" letter, bearing Donald Trump’s signature, was sent to Jeffrey Epstein as part of an album of letters he received for his 50th birthday in 2003. The letter reportedly featured a drawing of a woman’s breasts, with Trump’s signature placed in the area representing pubic hair, and was surrounded by several lines of typewritten text, the newspaper said after reviewing its contents.

As the report quickly triggered a fresh debate across the United States surrounding Trump's past association with Jeffrey Epstein, the US President dismissed the letter as a fake and claimed the publication had already been warned against publishing it.

“I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women. It’s not my language. It’s not my words," Trump told the journal.

In a subsequent Truth Social, he directly attacked the Journal's editor, Emma Tucker, claiming she was informed by his team and himself that the letter was "FAKE" but chose to proceed with a "false, malicious, and defamatory story anyway".

"President Trump will be suing The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Mr. Murdoch, shortly. The Press has to learn to be truthful, and not rely on sources that probably don’t even exist," the US President posted. He alleged that the report "truly turned out to be a 'Disgusting and Filthy Rag' and, writing defamatory lies like this, shows their desperation to remain relevant".

This development comes amidst ongoing scrutiny of the Justice Department's handling of the Epstein case and recent public discussions around the 'Epstein files'.Trump himself has referred to the controversy as "the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax" and has urged his supporters to move on from the issue, even criticising some within his base for dwelling on it.

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