The 2003 birthday book also includes a letter that references Trump with a crude joke about a woman from another Epstein associate<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An image of the letter bearing Trump\u2019s signature, which has been turned over to Congress by the Epstein estate.
Lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s estate have given Congress a copy of the birthday book put together for the financier\u2019s 50th birthday, which includes a letter with President Trump\u2019s signature that he has said doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Monday, House Oversight Committee members confirmed that they received a copy of the birthday book including the letter bearing Trump\u2019s signature and a second letter that references Trump with a crude joke about a woman from another Epstein associate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Wall Street Journal in July reported on the book and the letter bearing Trump\u2019s name, which contained typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman. The letter concluded: \u201cHappy Birthday \u2014 and may every day be another wonderful secret.\u201d The signature was a squiggly \u201cDonald\u201d below the waist, mimicking pubic hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in 1997. Photo: Davidoff Studios\/Getty Images
Trump has denied writing the letter or drawing the picture, calling it \u201ca fake thing.\u201d He also filed a lawsuit against the Journal\u2019s reporters, Journal publisher Dow Jones, parent company News Corp and executives, alleging defamation and saying the letter was \u201cnonexistent.\u201d A Dow Jones spokeswoman said, \u201cWe have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, said in a social-media post that Trump\u2019s legal team will continue to pursue its defamation case against the Journal. \u201cAs I have said all along, it\u2019s very clear President Trump did not draw this picture, and he did not sign it,\u201d Leavitt said in a post on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Trump administration\u2019s shifting statements about whether it would release the files it has on Epstein have hung over the White House for months. On Sept. 3, Trump called efforts to make public more details about Epstein a politically driven hoax, just as some of the convicted sex offender\u2019s victims visited Capitol Hill to tell their stories of sexual abuse and implored the president and Congress to release further records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Allies of Trump have long sought release of Epstein-related materials, but the Justice Department said in July that there isn\u2019t a client list of people who participated in Epstein\u2019s trafficking of young girls, and new files wouldn\u2019t be released. That determination triggered an uproar among some of Trump\u2019s prominent supporters and efforts in Congress to seek the records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A Visual Breakdown of the Trump Birthday Letter to Epstein
A Visual Breakdown of the Trump Birthday Letter to Epstein
Lawyers for the co-executors of Epstein\u2019s estate turned over a copy of the birthday book on Monday in response to a subpoena from Rep. James Comer (R., Ky.), the chair of the House Oversight Committee. In a July 25 letter to the Epstein estate\u2019s lawyers, Rep. Robert Garcia (D., Calif.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D., Calif.) had pressed the estate to release the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPresident Trump called the Epstein investigation a hoax and claimed that his birthday note didn\u2019t exist. Now we know that Donald Trump was lying and is doing everything he can to cover up the truth,\u201d said Garcia, who is the committee\u2019s Democratic ranking member. \u201cEnough of the games and lies, release the full files now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a social-media post Monday, Comer accused Democrats of \u201ccherry-picking documents\u201d from the Epstein estate and said he was focused on running a thorough investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The birthday book given to Epstein in 2003\u2014before his first arrest in 2006\u2014was professionally bound and contained letters from dozens of Epstein\u2019s then associates, including Trump, former President Bill Clinton and billionaire Leon Black, the Journal has reported. Some of the messages were anodyne birthday wishes, but others contained sexual references and suggestive drawings or photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Epstein estate also turned over another letter from the book that references Trump. It came from businessman and longtime Mar-a-Lago member Joel Pashcow, who made a crude joke about a woman whom Epstein and Trump each courted in the 1990s, according to court testimony and people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pashcow letter included a photo of a posterboard-sized check for $22,500, which had been mocked up to appear that it was sent from Trump to Epstein. Beneath it, a caption said: \u201cJeffrey showing early talents with money + women sells \u2018fully depreciated\u2019 [woman\u2019s name] to Donald Trump for $22,500.\u201d The woman\u2019s name is redacted in the image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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