The lawsuit accuses the newspaper and its parent company of libel after it published an article about a lewd letter bearing Trump’s name among the birthday notes collected as a gift for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday.

Trump on Friday sued Murdoch, Dow Jones and News Corp in the latest example of the president looking to chill the press with lawsuits. Broadcasters CBS and ABC each paid $16mn to settle lawsuits with Trump, successes that he alluded to in his threats against Murdoch and the WSJ.