Donald Trump has followed through on his threat to sue Rupert Murdoch and his media companies over the Wall Street Journal ‘s report on a bawdy letter in his name that was included in an album given to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003.

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. A copy of the complaint was not immediately available.

The lawsuit comes a day after the Wall Street Journal published a story alleging that Trump once sent a suggestive birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein.

After devastating new reporting from the Wall Street Journal, Trump filed a libel lawsuit Friday, seeking at least $10 billion in damages against the parent company of the WSJ, News Corp; its publisher,

For President Donald Trump, whose political career has benefited from voter anxiety over Washington elites, the health of his predecessor and the riches of Wall Street, the past week offered a reversal of fortune.

The moves come after Wall Street saw a winning session, with the S&P 500 posting fresh intraday and closing records.

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