President Donald Trump briefly greeted Wall Street Journal reporters during Friday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, interacting with the same group who reported last year that he sent a crude letter to Jeffrey Epstein for the late sex offender’s 50th birthday.
President Donald Trump speaks at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Washington DC, Friday, July 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Reporters with the Wall Street Journal were presented with the Katharine Graham Award for Courage and Accountability for their story, which reported Trump wrote and signed a sexually suggestive letter to Epstein for his 50th birthday album.
Longtime CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer presented the award, addressing Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Journal’s parent company and two of its reporters, Khadeeja Safdar and Joe Palazzolo.
Some members of the audience cheered when Blitzer mentioned the lawsuit and Trump smiled and shrugged when Blitzer noted Safdar’s personal address was revealed in the lawsuit, which forced her and her family to relocate from their home.
