A private meeting between Murdoch and Vance, days before the President served the media mogul with a $10bn lawsuit over the Wall Street Journal’s reporting of Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, has prompted feverish speculation over the 94 year-old’s latest power-play.

Vice President JD Vance met with Rupert Murdoch in Montana shortly before the Wall Street Journal published a story linking Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein. The report triggered Trump’s anger and a $10 billion lawsuit.

US Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha on Tuesday flew to Montana to reportedly meet Rupert Murdoch, the owner of the Wall Street Journal. The development came a day before the outlet published its sensational piece about Donald Trump and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A source familiar with the trip told The Independent that the vice president spoke to both Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, as well as a group of executives from the right-wing network

Vice President J.D. Vance tore into the corporate media on Monday for “not giving a damn” about the case surrounding

After the newest Journal report came to light, MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes called on Vance for a response. “So this is probably fake too, right @JDVance? The whole thing made up? Or maybe just the Trump part? I’m losing the thread a little, I gotta say,” Hayes wrote on X.

Vance and his family have a trip scheduled for the Cotswolds, a countryside region in Southwest England often frequented by the rich and famous (Ellen DeGeneres currently resides there). They’re expected to be met with a wide variety of demonstrators—anti-Trump, pro-Palestinian, trade union members, and environmentalists.

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