As corporations pay shakedown settlements, the 94-year-old right-wing media mogul has an opportunity to resist Trump’s assaults on the First Amendment.

Donald Trump has sued Rupert Murdoch and his media companies over a Wall Street Journal report on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Following The Wall Street Journal ‘s bombshell report on a birthday letter Donald Trump allegedly wrote to Jeffrey Epstein, the president sued the newspaper’s parent company, News Corp., Dow Jones (its publisher), two reporters for the Journal, and billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who owns News Corp. owner.

The lawsuit comes a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on President Trump's ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. The president is seeking at least $10 billion in damages.

Donald Trump said that he planned to sue Rupert Murdoch’s “ass off” after The Wall Street Journal published a story about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Journal reported earlier on Thursday on a birthday album that was given to Epstein in 2003,

President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein.