Scoop: The Wall Street Journal is working on a story highlighting Donald Trump's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

[demmiblue]

Scoop: The Wall Street Journal is working on a story highlighting Donald Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein—but is said to be facing pressure from the White House, with Trump himself calling Editor-In-Chief Emma Tucker to object.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/wall-stree...

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy.bsky.social) 2025-07-17T21:30:43.363Z

On Thursday, anticipation rippled through political and media circles as insiders awaited a potentially explosive Wall Street Journal story examining Donald Trump’s ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein. The article, said to be in the works for days, had still not appeared as of Thursday afternoon—raising eyebrows and fueling speculation across Washington and New York.

According to people familiar with the matter, The Journal is facing pressure from the White House over the story. In fact, Trump is said to have…

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[BoRaGard]

1. Intimate Pedo Pals (R)

[underpants]

2. Cats out of the bag. They have to go forward now.

Murdoch still owns WSJ.

[Ocelot II]

4. Murdoch has always been in it for the money. If it's a story that sells, he'll run it.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. This will be carefully crafted to be part of the coverup.

[demmiblue]

5. People inside the Beltway have been buzzing about this for a day and a half. I heard about it, and I'm in Paris.

People inside the Beltway have been buzzing about this for a day and a half. I heard about it, and I’m in Paris.

The rumors I heard yesterday are to the effect that the Journal has a copy of a birthday card or note written by Trump to Epstein, and it says …

— George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) 2025-07-17T21:46:45.796Z

… something Trump really, really, really doesn’t want the world to see.

Which would explain his behavior the past couple of days.

— George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) 2025-07-17T21:47:46.357Z

[dweller]

6. scoop

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