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.

I look forward to getting Rupert Murdoch to testify in my lawsuit against him and his ‘pile of garbage’ newspaper, the WSJ,” the president said last month.

President Trump and Rupert Murdoch reached a deal Monday to postpone the media mogul's deposition in a libel lawsuit related to the Wall Street Journal publishing a report on an Epstein birthday book.

Rupert Murdoch to provide Trump regular health updates in deal to delay deposition - According to a new stipulation, the conservative media baron must give the president a health update by the end of the week and provide regular updates over the course of the lawsuit.

Trump sued the Wall Street Journal over its reporting on a letter he labelled as "FAKE" and claimed its story is "false, malicious, and defamatory."

P resident Donald Trump is seeking an expedited deposition from News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch within the next 15 days as part of his defamation lawsuit against Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal.