Overview
- Jimmy Kimmel posted the satirical image and message on Instagram on Sunday, June 14, quoting the line “A pal is a wonderful thing” that appears in the contested letter.
- The letter, released by House Oversight Committee Democrats in 2025, includes the quoted line and a hand-drawn outline that reporters say resembles a naked woman’s body.
- President Trump has denied writing the letter and called its publication “false, malicious, and defamatory,” and he sued The Wall Street Journal and its executives seeking billions in damages.
- A federal judge dismissed Trump’s initial lawsuit for failing to allege actual malice, Trump filed a revised complaint this year alleging actual malice, and the Journal has moved to dismiss that revised suit.
- The public satire underscores how media coverage and entertainers keep the issue in view while the court’s handling of the actual-malice claims will shape legal risks for publishers and reputational exposure for the president.