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.

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.

President Trump is under increasing pressure to have the Justice Department release files about the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Donald Trump threatened to sue over a Wall Street Journal story that linked him to Jeffrey Epstein. A docket appears, but something's off.

Donald Trump sued the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones in federal court on Friday, according to Reuters. The lawsuit seeks $10 billion per count over a report linking him to Jeffrey Epstein. Legal experts say the case may be dismissed because Trump did not comply with Florida’s five-day notice rule for defamation suits.

Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against Robert Murdoch, Dow Jones, News Corp over a “fake” article linking him to Epstein

Should the case proceed, Trump may be required to testify under oath about his relationship to Jeffrey Epstein.

The government’s handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein has roiled the president’s closed supporters for weeks.