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Since returning to office Donald Trump has followed a familiar playbook when confronted with unfavourable stories in the press, often ending in a large lawsuit. That was exactly the case with the Wall Street Journal, subjected to a $10bn suit after they published a story about Trump鈥檚 relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

But even after the lawsuit, the Journal has continued its reporting on the story, this time alleging that Donald Trump is named in the 鈥楨pstein Files鈥�. The story makes clear that being mentioned does not imply any wrongdoing, and the White House has called it 鈥渁nother fake story鈥� by the Wall Street Journal.

Will the president鈥檚 usual strategy against the media work this time, or is the Jeffrey Epstein story the one he can鈥檛 control?

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