The US president wanted $10 billion from the outlet over what he called a “fake” report on his birthday greeting to the convicted sex offender
A federal judge has permanently dismissed US President Donald Trump’s $10 billion amended defamation case against the Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over a report about his letter to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In July 2025, the WSJ published an article describing a sexually suggestive note, which Trump allegedly presented to the disgraced financier for his 50th birthday in 2003. It reportedly appeared in a book of congratulatory letters put together by Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for her participation in Epstein’s sex-trafficking scheme.
The note, which, among other things, said: “Happy Birthday – and may every day be another wonderful secret,” contained several lines of typed text framed by a hand-drawn outline of what looks to be a nude woman. A signature resembling the one used by Trump appeared in the area where the figure’s pelvic region might be.
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