Trump news at a glance: Trump sues Murdoch and WSJ for libel and slander over Epstein claims
by Guardian staff from US news | The Guardian on (#6YRDG)
US president's lawsuit came just before the justice department asked a court to unseal grand jury testimony from the federal sex-trafficking investigation into the former financier. Key US politics stories from Friday 18 July
Donald Trump on Friday sued Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal reporters for libel and slander over claims that he sent sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a bawdy note and sketch of a naked woman.
The lawsuit came just before the US justice department asked a New York court to unseal grand jury testimony transcripts from the federal sex-trafficking investigation into Epstein.
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