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Monday, September 8, 2025
Democrats release suggestive letter to Epstein purportedly signed by Trump, which he denies
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDemocrats on the US House Oversight Committee release a sexually suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein purportedly signed by President Donald Trump, which the president has denied.
Trump has said he did not write the letter or create the drawing of a curvaceous woman that surrounds it. He filed a $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal for a report on the alleged letter.
The letter was included as part of a 2003 album compiled for alleged sex trafficker Epstein’s birthday. The president has denied having anything to do with it. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee received a copy of the birthday album earlier today, as part of a batch of documents from Epstein’s estate.
The White House did not immediately respond to a message from the Associated Press seeking comment.
????????HERE IT IS: We got Trump’s birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein that the President said doesn’t exist.
Trump talks about a “wonderful secret” the two of them shared. What is he hiding? Release the files! pic.twitter.com/k2Mq8Hu3LY
— Oversight Dems (@OversightDems) September 8, 2025
After the letter’s release, White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich posts pictures on X of Trump’s signature and tags The Wall Street Journal’s parent corporation, News Corp., writing: “Time for @newscorp to open that checkbook, it’s not his signature. DEFAMATION!”
Time for @newscorp to open that checkbook, it’s not his signature. DEFAMATION! https://t.co/O6iKk4SYF5 pic.twitter.com/T0wlp36P9h
— Taylor Budowich (@TayFromCA) September 8, 2025
Trump has denied writing the letter and creating the drawing, calling a report on it “false, malicious, and defamatory.”
“These are not my words, not the way I talk. Also, I don’t draw pictures,” Trump said.
The letter released by the committee looks exactly as described by the The Wall Street Journal in its report.
The letter bearing Trump’s name and signature includes text framed by a hand-drawn outline of what appears to be a curvaceous woman.
“A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret,” the letter says.
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