It was Sunday afternoon, the sun was shining, and Donald Trump had gathered a collection of his allies in his luxury suite to watch the Fifa Club World Cup final. As well as entertaining members of his cabinet,

President Donald Trump sued over The Wall Street Journal's reporting that he wrote a "bawdy" birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump on Friday sued Murdoch, Dow Jones and News Corp in the latest example of the president looking to chill the press with lawsuits. Broadcasters CBS and ABC each paid $16mn to settle lawsuits with Trump, successes that he alluded to in his threats against Murdoch and the WSJ.