Donald Trump on Monday asked a U.S. court to order a swift deposition for billionaire Rupert Murdoch in the U.S. president's defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over its July 17 article asserting Trump's name was on a 2003 birthday greeting for the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The president’s legal team argued in a legal filing that discovery process for the media mogul should be expedited because of his age and health.

President Trump wants an expedited deposition from Rupert Murdoch as part of his lawsuit against Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal over the alleged Epstein letter.