NPR reports President Donald Trump has gotten personal in his defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul owner Rupert Murdoch. Trump is suing the paper after claiming on social media that he personally told Murdoch that a birthday card he allegedly sent convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was a hoax,

Trump asked a federal judge to expedite a deposition of Rupert Murdoch in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal, citing his age.

Trump has repeatedly denied writing the letter and creating a drawing. Now, his lawyers are asking a U.S. court for Murdoch to sit for a deposition within 15 days — suggesting that the media titan could either be too ill or die before the case is normally expected to go to trial.

President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal and its parent company News Corp in response to recent reporting on his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.