Trump Sues Wall Street Journal owners $10 billion Over Defamation

President Donald Trump of the United States has sued the Wall Street Journal and its owners including Rupert Murdoch for at least $10 billion. 

President Trump's suit is over the newspaper's report that his name was on a 2003 birthday greeting for Jeffrey Epstein that included a sexually suggestive drawing and a reference to secrets they shared.

Reuters report that the lawsuit filed in Miami federal court is over defamation of Trump which has caused him to suffer "overwhelming" financial and reputational harm. 

Murdoch, Dow Jones, News Corp (NWSA.O), opens new tab and its Chief Executive Robert Thomson were named in the law suit and two Wall Street Journal reporters as defendants.

The US President has vehemently denied the Journal report, which Reuters has not verified, and had warned Murdoch that he planned to sue. 

REUTERS