President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Friday against media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal over the newspaper's reporting on ties between Trump and disgraced financier Jeffery Epstein.

Trump, who filed the federal suit in Miami, is accusing the paper and its owner of libel related to an article published Thursday that alleges the president wrote a “bawdy” message to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 for the disgraced financier’s birthday.

In posts on his Truth Social platform, Trump has denied writing the letter, calling the story “false, malicious, and defamatory” and “another example of FAKE NEWS!” He went on to say that he asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek the release of grand jury testimony from the prosecution of the disgraced financier.