Trump has 'private' dinner with Rupert Murdoch at the White House amid Epstein lawsuit: report [View all]

Source: The Independent

Tuesday 10 February 2026 23:15 EST


President Donald Trump reportedly had a private dinner with Rupert Murdoch Tuesday, despite his ongoing $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal – which is owned by the billionaire media mogul.

The pair sat down together at the White House amid a legal back and forth that has been going on for over six months, an official and a person familiar with the meal told CNN’s The Source.

The Independent has contacted the White House and Murdoch via News Corp representatives for confirmation and comment on the reports.

Murdoch, 94, owns News Corp, which operates hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world including in the U.S.,, such as The WSJ and Fox News. Tensions between Murdoch and Trump apparently began last July after the president launched a massive lawsuit against The WSJ over an article exposing his alleged ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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