The lawsuit sets the stage for another legal showdown initiated by Trump against the media, this time against his close ally.

U.S. President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Friday against Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal reporters, raising claims under federal libel law, court records show. A copy of the complaint was not immediately available.

Trump, calling the story “fake,” “defamatory,” and a “hoax,” vowed to “sue his a** off,” meaning Murdoch. Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk publicly denounced the Journal report, with Vance calling it “complete and utter BS.”