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.”
The outlet reported that the alleged letter “contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker.”
Trump’s signature was allegedly written beneath the woman’s waist. It allegedly concluded with, “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret,” according to The WSJ.
Trump called out WSJ editor-in-chief Emma Tucker in the Truth Social post, saying he and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt both informed her that the alleged letter is fabricated.
“Emma Tucker didn’t want to hear that,” the president wrote. “Instead, they are going with a false, malicious, and defamatory story anyway.
While the president has been public regarding his past friendship with the deceased pedophile, the two reportedly severed ties around 2004, according to The Washington Post, two years before Epstein publicly faced accusations of abusing girls.
The media spotlight around Epstein started to ramp up on July 6 following the Department of Justice (DOJ) quietly releasing a memo, first obtained by Axios, asserting that the FBI had found no “client list” or foul play in his death by suicide.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Thursday that the DOJ was “ready to move the court tomorrow to unseal the grand jury transcripts” after Trump pushed for their publication.
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