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Read Trump’s lawsuit against Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over Epstein reporting – in full

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Donald Trump. — Donald Trump. Photograph: Remko de Waal/EPA

Donald Trump has sued Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal newspaper reporters for libel and slander over claims that he sent the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a lewd letter and sketch of a naked woman.

In the filing, Trump calls the Wall Street Journal’s report “false and defamatory” and demands at least $10bn in damages and court costs from Rupert Murdoch, two Wall Street Journal reporters, News Corporation chief executive Robert Thomson and related corporate entities.

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