Jon Passantino
@Passantino
July 17, 2025, 5:30 PM
"Exclusive: The WSJ is working on a story examining Trump鈥檚 Epstein ties. Trump is said to have personally called WSJ editor Emma Tucker to voice his objections.
While the specifics of what The Journal intends to report remain under wraps, the story is said to contain new material shedding light on the Trump-Epstein relationship.
More in Status News:"
https://www.status.news/p/wall-street-journal-trump-epstein-emma-tucker
Yashar Ali 
/ yasharali
July 17, 2025, 6:54 PM
"BREAKING: The WSJ has reviewed a book put together for Jeffrey Epstein鈥檚 50th birthday, as part of that book a letter was submitted by Donald Trump.
Trump鈥檚 letter features a drawing of a naked woman and this text which imagines a conversation between Trump and Epstein.
Full Story:"
Adam Gurri
@adamgurri
July 17, 2025, 6:55 PM
"Love the WSJ literally quoting Trump threatening to sue them when they went for a statement."
Keith Olbermann
@KeithOlbermann
July 17, 2025, 7:11 PM.
"The Trump Letter to Epstein per WSJ: 'May every day be another wonderful secret.'
This is a soon-to-be ex-president."
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
July 17, 2025, 8:51 PM
"VANCE: They never showed us the letter
TRUMP: We told them the letter is a fake"
QuadCityPat
@QuadCityPat
July 17, 2025, 9:19 PM
"Their message discipline is just chef's kiss perfect."
Adam Steinbaugh
@adamsteinbaugh
July 17, 2025, 8:38 PM
"Trump says the letter is fake and that he is suing the WSJ and Murdoch."
darth
@darth
July 17, 2025, 8:55 PM
"the one thing this shows me is that this is obviously not the first time trump and leavitt personally contacted news heads to kill negative stories
just this time it did not work
yes i know it has happened before what i meant was it is the first time trump has so readily admitted it is just something they do lol"
Yashar Ali / yasharali
July 17, 2025, 9:13 PM
"President Trump says that he has asked AG Pam Bondi 'to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony.'
Bondi has already replied that she鈥檚 going to ask the court to unseal the transcripts tomorrow.
But the word 'pertinent' makes it unclear if EVERYTHING will be unsealed"
@_L1vY_@mstdn.social
Hamilton Nolan / hamiltonnolan
July 17, 2025, 10:22 PM
"FYI here are the flight logs to Jeffrey Epstein鈥檚 plane that Gawker published in 2015"
https://www.gawkerarchives.com/flight-logs-put-clinton-dershowitz-on-pedophile-billio-1681039971
Hamilton Nolan / hamiltonnolan
July 17, 2025, 10:24 PM
"And here is Jeffrey Epstein鈥檚 'little black book,' also published by Gawker in 2015"
https://www.gawkerarchives.com/here-is-pedophile-billionaire-jeffrey-epsteins-little-b-1681383992
Judd Legum
@juddlegum
July 17, 2025, 11:26 PM
"No one will be fooled by this. People are asking for the release of the evidence from the Epstein investigation. The grand jury transcripts are something else entirely and would exclude almost all evidence."
I'm not the hugest Lincoln Project fan, but I have to admit this cover is inspired:
