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US President Donald Trump
Donald Trump calls for compensation around $ 10 billion to the WSJ for defamation after the publication of an article attributing to Donald Trump a letter to Jeffrey Epstein.
This Thursday, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) said that Donald Trump sent a letter with a sketch of a naked woman to Jeffrey Epstein.
Yours Relationship with Jeffrey Epsteinfound dead in prison in 2019, after being arrested for being at the center of a minor sex trafficking network, Since much scrutinated.
The letter that the US newspaper revealed would be to mark its 50th anniversary of Epstein in 2003. The design in question included the breasts of a woman and a.
Within the contour of the naked woman there was still a typed note, styled as an imaginary conversation between Trump and Epstein written in the third person, which ends with the message: “Happy Birthday – And may it be another wonderful secret every day”.
Speaking to the newspaper, Trump denied being the author of the letter: “This is a false thing. It’s a false story of the Wall Street Journal. I never made a drawing in my life. I don’t make women’s drawings”.
Trump denies and asks 10 billion
Donald Trump sued WSJNews Corp, a group that includes the newspaper, the journalists who wrote the article, and its owner, Rupert Murdochfor publicizing the letter that the president would have sent to the late Jeffrey Epstein.
O Trump compensation claim is around $ 10 billion.
O Wall Street Journal has stated that it will “defend yourself vigorously” Against the US President, who sued the newspaper for defamation.
“We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our information”said on Friday, in a statement, a spokesman for the owner group of WSJ.
Os Trump supporters are dissatisfied with the conclusions of these inquiries, since Trump, the US Attorney General, Pam Bondiand the deputy director of the FBI, And Bonginothey promised to reveal “the truth” about the case before the start of the current US administration in January.
O FBI and DOJ also confirmed Epstein’s death for suicidethus denying the conspiracy theory that it was murdered to protect their acquaintances, and anticipated that they would not disclose any further investigation into the case.
US Justice calls for release of information
However, this Friday, the US Department of Justice asked a Federal Court to disclose the jury transcriptions in the case of Jeffrey Epstein, in a process where Trump supporters require more information.
The Deputy Prosecutor-General Todd Blanche He presented a motion by instigating the Court to disclose the transcripts of the great jury of the case, a day after President Donald Trump instructed the Justice Department to do so.
The president’s request to disclose the great jury’s transcripts came after The Wall Street Journal reported on such a letter to Epstein.
The Trump administration has been under criticism of supporters of the president since the Justice Department announced last week that it would not disclose any further evidence in his inauguration regarding the investigation of Epstein.
In the US judicial system, it is up to a large jury to determine if there is enough reason to consider that a crime has been committed and that a particular individual must be formally accused (indicted).
Unlike the judges of a trial, the great jury does not determine the guilt or innocence of a suspect.
The transcriptions of the great jury – which may reveal the testimony of witnesses and other evidence presented by prosecutors – are rarely disclosed by the courts unless they need to be revealed in connection with a court case.
Even with the support of the Justice Department, a decision on what can be disclosed and how to protect witnesses and other confidential information from the victims may take weeks or months of legal disputes, says AP.
Epstein was arrested and charged with the Federal Court of New York in 2019 for sexual trafficking, nominating a large federal jury, who concluded that it was likely to issue accusations, describing specific accusations of sexual trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.
The millionaire was awaiting trial for these federal accusations when committed suicide, a.
