‘The Letter Is Meaningless!’: Chris Cuomo Torches WSJ Over Trump-Epstein ‘Hack Job’

NewsNation host Chris Cuomo criticized The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Thursday for its piece alleging that President Donald Trump sent deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein a suggestive letter for his 50th birthday in 2003.

Trump announced in a Truth Social post on Thursday that he would be suing the WSJ, News Corp and Robert Murdoch after the outlet published an article regarding the alleged letter, calling it “FAKE.” Cuomo said on “CUOMO” that Trump’s anger at the outlet was justifiable, describing the article as “a hack job” that provided no value besides generating revenue for Murdoch.

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“I get that he’s pissed off, okay? And he’s not wrong. This Wall Street Journal piece is a hack job, okay? … I mean, it’s so stupid, okay?” Cuomo said. “The Epstein story is about abusing kids who didn’t have the power or agency to do anything about it, that rich and powerful people may have known it was going on, and they got away with it. That’s the story, okay? It’s not that Trump liked a scumbag, okay?”

“Now, I get that in the media this is great because it’s bad for Trump and he’s going crazy and he’s going to pump and move the story for The Wall Street Journal right now by saying it’s fake and it’s wrong. But it doesn’t move the needle in the country,” he added. “It’s going to make you some money, Rupert — great for you, just what you need. But this is why we can’t get anywhere. The guy says, ‘I didn’t write the letter.’ The letter is meaningless! You put out the piece anyway and there’s no light on what really matters.”

The WSJ did not show the alleged letter in its article, but characterized it as “bawdy.”