The president threatened to sue the newspaper and News Corp for publishing an article about a letter bearing his name that was included in a 2003 birthday album for Jeffrey Epstein.

More Americans than not say they believe a recent report from The Wall Street Journal claiming President Donald Trump once sent a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein, according to a new YouGov poll. Many are also convinced the men were “close friends” and that Trump knew about Epstein’s alleged crimes before they became public.

A collection of letters gifted to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003 included a note bearing Donald Trump’s name and an outline of a naked woman, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Thursday.

The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’

JD Vance: The vice president tweeted that the Journal “should be ashamed for publishing” the report, calling it “complete and utter bullshit” while criticizing the paper for failing to publicize the letter or show it to the White House before writing about it. “Does anyone honestly believe this sounds like Donald Trump?” Vance wrote.

President Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, and Rupert Murdoch over a report of an alleged birthday letter from Trump to Jeffrey Epstein. Trump denies he wrote such a letter.