Trump-Epstein live updates: White House blasts ‘bawdy’ birthday note after Dems release image of alleged drawing
Members of the House Oversight Committee have released a sexually suggestive letter allegedly signed by President Donald Trump and sent to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003.
The Wall Street Journal first reported on the existence of the letter and accompanying drawing of a nude woman. Trump vehemently denied he had authored the bawdy note or that it even existed, filing a $10 billion lawsuit against the publication and its owner, Rupert Murdoch.
The letter was part of a birthday album compiled for Epstein in 2003 when he and the president were friends. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee received a copy of the birthday album on Monday as part of a batch of documents from Epstein’s estate.
After the letter was released, White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich posted pictures on X of Trump’s signature and tagged The Wall Street Journal’s parent corporation, News Corp., writing: “Time for @newscorp to open that checkbook, it’s not his signature. DEFAMATION!”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also tweeted a denial, adding: “This is FAKE NEWS to perpetuate the Democrat Epstein Hoax!”
