On Thursday evening, The Wall Street Journal released a report that Donald Trump was one of several high-profile figures to send lewd messages to Jeffrey Epstein on his birthday.
The Wall Street Journal report claims that Trump sent Epstein a letter with a naked woman drawn around the outside of his message that included an “imaginary conversation” between the two.
After the report surfaced, many in the news media reacted. Some questioned the validity of the story, wondering why a supposed 25-year-old letter was just now coming to light. Meanwhile, others argued that it showed a definitive link between the two.
Some even went as far as to show screenshots of their cancellation of their subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal after it published the piece about Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.
Additionally, Vice President JD Vance weighed in on the story, stating that it was “complete and utter bullshit.” He added that the White House was never shown the letter in advance of the story’s publication.
That would appear to fly in the face of statements made on Truth Social by Donald Trump, who said he had informed The Wall Street Journal that he would sue the publication if it printed the story. He later claimed that he would, in fact, sue the outlet, along with parent company News Corp. and it’s owner, Rupert Murdoch.
After Vance’s statement was made public on the X platform, news media members reacted to that, as well.
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