The subpoenaed Epstein files: Everything we know about latest release, including 50th birthday book with ‘Trump sketch’
A trove of documents from the investigation into late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was released Monday by a congressional committee.
The bombshell document drop included a 238-page book compiled for Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003, with dozens of contributions from the disgraced financier’s rich and powerful friends, along with “girl-friends.” Among the biggest revelations was a sexually suggestive hand-drawn naked woman and cryptic message, allegedly by President Donald Trump. Epstein’s last will and testament, and lengthy address book were also released.
The documents were released by the House Oversight Committee, after it subpoenaed Epstein’s estate last month, amid ongoing public outcry over the Trump administration’s failure to keep a promise made by the president and release all the documents related to the case.
Epstein, 66, died by suicide in a New York City jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges involving abuse of girls as young as 14. Epstein was previously arrested and charged with soliciting prostitution in Florida in 2006. The charge sparked a federal investigation, but Epstein struck a plea deal that protected him from further charges. In exchange, he pleaded guilty to state charges and registered as a sex offender.
Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted in connection with the sex trafficking investigation in 2021. She is serving 20 years after being found guilty on several charges, including sex trafficking of minors.
The document dump comes as:
Epstein’s 50th birthday book, from 2003, includes a letter that is allegedly signed by Trump.
The note describes an imagined conversation between Trump and Epstein, framed by a sketched outline of a woman’s torso and breasts. The text reads like a script, detailing a cryptic, imagined conversation between “Donald” and “Jeffrey.” It begins with a “Voice Over” that says: “There must be more to life than having everything.”
“Happy Birthday—and may every day be another wonderful secret,” the letter concludes.
The letter is signed “Donald,” in the sketched woman’s pubic area. It appears to have been written in thick black marker with angular letters and a long trail after the last “D.”
Contemporaneous, authenticated letters from Trump, such as a note he sent to Larry King in 1999, have signatures that appear similar.
The Wall Street Journal first reported on the letter in July, prompting a vehement denial from the president who said he “never wrote a picture.” Trump filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the paper, its publisher and owner, Rupert Murdoch.
In a statement on X, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote that “this entire ‘Birthday Card’ story is false.”
“As I have said all along, it’s very clear President Trump did not draw this picture, and he did not sign it,” she wrote. “President Trump’s legal team will continue to aggressively pursue litigation.”
