However much you think you don’t like the media, it’s not enough.
The Wall Street Journal released a scoop on alleged birthday letters that had been sent to Jeffrey Epstein, claiming that President Donald Trump had been behind one of the “bawdy” letters that included a drawing of a nude woman. Of course, Trump has denied the allegations and is threatening to sue the outlet.
“I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women,” Trump said to the Journal. “It’s not my language. It’s not my words.”
He later published a Truth Social post where he revealed that he had advised the WSJ of the “fake” letter, but they chose to run the story anyway.
“The Wall Street Journal, and Rupert Murdoch, personally, were warned directly by President Donald J. Trump that the supposed letter they printed by President Trump to Epstein was a FAKE and, if they print it, they will be sued. Mr. Murdoch stated that he would take care of it but, obviously, did not have the power to do so,” he wrote.
But a deeper dive into the background of one of the people partially responsible for the piece may explain some of the motivations.
An X post by RealClearPolitics National Political Correspondent Susan Crabtree revealed that one of the authors of the piece had previously worked for a publication run by the wife of the founder of Fusion GPS.
#BREAKING SCOOP re:
TRUMP’S ALLEGED EPSTEIN BDAY LETTER: The Wall Street Journal reporter who broke the “blockbuster” story alleging a letter Trump wrote to Epstein for his 50th birthday included some tawdry elements previously worked for Main Justice (his only prior reporting… https://t.co/Osa4jYsvV0 pic.twitter.com/BukMUhegt6— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) July 18, 2025
“SCOOP re: TRUMP’S ALLEGED EPSTEIN BDAY LETTER: The Wall Street Journal reporter who broke the ‘blockbuster’ story alleging a letter Trump wrote to Epstein for his 50th birthday included some tawdry elements previously worked for Main Justice (his only prior reporting experience listed in his bio),” Crabtree explained. “Main Justice was Glenn Simpson’s wife’s publication. Simpson founded Fusion GPS, which was paid by Hillary Clinton/the DNC (through Perkins Coie) to produce the Steele Dossier at the center of the Russian hoax against Trump.”
“Both Glenn Simpson and his wife, Mary Jacoby, worked for the Wall Street Journal before launching their own enterprises,” the post continued. “Trump is now suing the Wall Street Journal over the ‘blockbuster’ letter story, arguing that it’s bogus and they never showed him it so he could comment.”
X users rushed to the comment section:
C’mon.. why wait all this time…. if this was real it would have been a dominant theme during the first election!!
— bobfriedman (@bobfriedma81902) July 18, 2025
The real goal of this Trump lawsuit is to reach the “discovery” stage.
That is when his lawyers get to go through all of the documents, phone records, emails and texts of this reporter and the WSJ.
— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) July 18, 2025
Oh yes! I forgot about that. Also, Mary worked on the Wesley Clark 2004 campaign.
— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) July 18, 2025
This is looking worse and worse for @WSJ – this DJT Library is going to be fully funded in his first year at this rate.
— LTforReal (@LT66236) July 18, 2025
Amazingly consistent from last minute “whistle blowers” to the “suddenly found” letter.
They aren’t very good at this.
— Sandy 〽️ (@RightGlockMom) July 18, 2025
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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