Cheung was referring to claims made in recent days by Trump and his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, that former president Barack Obama led a conspiracy to concoct intelligence that Vladimir Putin interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
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In fact, numerous intelligence reports concluded Russia did seek to influence the outcome of the election in Trump’s favour, even if there was no evidence they hacked voting machines or software.
Trump has already commenced legal action against News Corp over a Journal story from last week that said he wrote a cryptic letter to Epstein for his 50th birthday, which appeared inside the outline of a naked woman in a book organised by Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s girlfriend.
Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence for conspiring with Epstein to sexually exploit and abuse girls. Epstein killed himself in prison in 2019 while awaiting his own trial on sex-trafficking charges. In 2008, he pleaded guilty to procuring a minor to engage in prostitution, as part of a plea deal.
Trump is suing News Corp for defamation in Florida, claiming $US10 billion (about $15 billion) in damages.
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“I look forward to getting Rupert Murdoch to testify in my lawsuit against him and his ‘pile of garbage’ newspaper, the WSJ. That will be an interesting experience!!!” Trump posted on Truth Social last week.
Democrats, who have been pushing for the files to be released, seized on the latest report as evidence of a government cover-up.
“It was the simplest explanation all along,” wrote Democratic congressman Don Beyer, of Virginia, on X.
