Trump sued Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal for libel after it published an article tying the president to a raunchy letter that was sent to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday.

The president sued the newspaper and its owners over an article detailing a lewd birthday message he allegedly wrote to the disgraced financier in 2003.

ToplineThe lawyers of President Donald Trump and media magnate Rupert Murdoch have agreed to pause an effort to force the 94-year-old billionaire to testify before a Florida federal court in the president’s defamation case against The Wall Street Journal’s reporting on Trump's ties with Jeffrey Epstein until the Murdoch-owned outlet’s motion to dismiss the case is heard.