Donald Trump demands rapid statement from Rupert Murdoch to Epstein

In view of the old age of Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch, US President Donald Trump demanded his early statement in the defamation process in connection with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Murdoch is 94 years old, suffered from health problems all his life and is said to have recently had considerable health problems,” said Trump’s lawyers in her application to a district court in Florida.

These factors and the fact that he lives in New York – far from the court in Miami – said that Murdoch would probably not appear for a personal statement in court, emphasized the lawyers and asked district judge Darrin Gayles for a “accelerated statement”. Gayles gave Murdoch’s lawyers until August 4th to answer.

Trump had previously filed a lawsuit against the newspaper “Wall Street Journal” (WSJ) and Murdoch himself belonging to Murdoch’s media empire. The “WSJ” had reported on a slippery letter that Trump is said to have written to Epstein in 2003. Trump rejects this decide and demands at least $ 10 billion (around 8.6 billion euros) damages.

The US President is increasingly under pressure because of the affair around Epstein in his own camp. Many of his followers had recently said outraged because his government did not keep a promise to the Epstein scandal: she wanted to bring light to the scandal around the US billionaire, who was found dead in his prison cell in Manhattan in 2019. The investment banker was accused of misused numerous girls and young women. In order to appease the disappointed followers, Trump announced the disclosure of legal documents in the case.