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The president threatened to sue the newspaper and News Corp for publishing an article about a letter bearing his name that was included in a 2003 birthday album for Jeffrey Epstein.
The latest report comes as Trump continues to face fury from both Democrats and Republicans over the handling of the so-called Epstein files
MAGA-friendly media has been torn over how to respond to a base that wants more on the Epstein files and a president who wants it to move on.
President Trump's base is erupting in turmoil over the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case files. Trump took to social media this weekend in an attempt to calm tensions and made a detailed plea to his base to leave the Epstein matter in the past.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt faced tough questions Thursday regarding President Donald Trump comments about the Jeffrey Epstein files, which he has repeatedly branded a "hoax." When asked which part of the Department of Justice investigation into convicted pedophile Epstein was a "hoax,
Jeffrey Epstein may have been dead for six years, but the circumstances surrounding his death and the evidence supporting federal charges of child sex trafficking continue to make headlines.Most recently,
Former Indiana Governor and Vice President Mike Pence has urged the Trump administration to release all files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The White House is trying to calm a furor following a Wall Street Journal report that said Trump wrote a bawdy birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein.