Welcome to The Beat. I'm Antonia Hilton in tonight for Ari Melbur. We start with multiple breaking

news developments on Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. Late today, Donald Trump filing a libel suit

against the Wall Street Journal over its new Epstein reporting. Also late today, Trump's DOJ filing a motion

to unseal grand jury testimony about Epstein. Trump's new suit

names Rupert Murdoch, the journal's parent company, and the two reporters who broke that story.

The journal detailing a 2003 letter that Trump reportedly wrote to Epstein for his 50th birthday.

The journal describes the letter as, quote, body. It contains several lines

of typewritten texts framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn

with a heavy marker. In the message, Trump reportedly imagines a conversation with Epstein.

Quote, Donald, we have certain things in common, Jeffrey. Jeffrey,

yes, we do come to think of it. Donald, enigmas never age. Have you noticed that? And it ends with the

line, Donald, a pal is a wonderful thing. Happy birthday and may every day be another wonderful

secret.

Trump denies the story, quote,

this is not me, this is a fake thing, it's a fake Wall Street Journal story.

I never wrote a picture in my life.

I don't draw pictures of women.

As for Trump's Attorney General Pam Bondi, late today, she filed a motion to

unseal grand jury transcripts, but the process could take weeks. And as the post reports,

even if released, the material would constitute only a fraction of the evidence and investigative

material that the FBI amassed during its years-long investigation.

Critics pointing out, it looks like Trump is trying to stall and dodge rather than actually

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