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Reported birthday card from Trump to Epstein shines new light on their friendship as fallout from files release mounts
The latest report comes as Trump continues to face fury from both Democrats and Republicans over the handling of the so-called Epstein files
Reported birthday card from Trump to Epstein shines new light on their friendship
The latest report comes as Trump continues to face fury from both Democrats and Republicans over the handling of the so-called Epstein files
www.independent.co.uk
Reported birthday card from Trump to Epstein shines new light on their friendship
The latest report comes as Trump continues to face fury from both Democrats and Republicans over the handling of the so-called Epstein files
www.independent.co.uk
Donald Trump reportedly helped celebrate Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday with a bawdy greeting accompanied by a hand-drawn image of a naked woman.
A report from The Wall Street Journal on Thursday uncovers new details about the relationship between the president and disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, whose death and connections to Trump are at the center of an explosive feud between his allies and right-wing figures demanding more information about the case
A letter bearing Trump’s name, which was reviewed by The Journal, contains several lines of typewritten text framed by a drawing of a naked woman. His signature is a squiggly “Donald” below her waist, mimicking pubic hair, according to the report.
The letter concludes: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
In an interview with The Journal, Trump denied writing the letter or drawing the picture: “This is not me. This is a fake thing. It’s a fake Wall Street Journal story.”
“I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women,” he told the conservative-leaning newspaper, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who has over the years supported Trump.
“It’s not my language. It’s not my words,” Trump told the newspaper.
A typewritten note styled as an imaginary conversation between Trump and Epstein, written in the third person, is reportedly included inside the outline of the naked woman.
In the imagined conversation, Trump reportedly says “we have certain things in common, Jeffrey,” to which Epstein replies, “Yes, we do, come to think of it.”
“Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?” Trump writes, according to The Journal, which claims to have reviewed pages from a leather-bound album of birthday cards, examined by Department of Justice officials who investigated Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who was found guilty of child sex trafficking and other offenses in 2022.
The revelation follows a disastrous week for the Trump administration as the president repeatedly tries to dismiss the so-called Epstein files as a Democratic “hoax.”
Thursday’s report illustrates a closer than previously reported relationship between the president and Epstein, who was accused of sexually abusing dozens of minors before he was found dead in his jail cell in 2019.
A Department of Justice memo on July 6 had effectively closed the case, affirming that no such “client list” exists despite demands from Trump’s supporters and allies for a full accounting of Epstein’s death and alleged ties to a wider child trafficking conspiracy implicating powerful figures.
On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly promised to release FBI files related to Epstein, who was found dead in his jail cell on on August 10, 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. But the president’s promises fell flat.
Attorney General Pam Bondi, on Trump’s directive, also promised to release the files, but after months of delays, the memo from the Justice Department and FBI said agencies would not be releasing any more documents relating to the case.
Bondi had claimed the files were “sitting on her desk” in February. She invited right-wing influencers to the White House for a photo-op at the end of that month, where they held up binders containing “Phase 1” of the Epstein files, largely made up of already publicly available information about the case.
Bondi continued to stall. In May, she claimed there were “tens of thousands of videos of Epstein with children or child porn,” which fueled further conspiracy theories that powerful people were being protected, and that “Phase 1” binders were allegedly buying time.
The administration’s failure to release any other details about the investigation has been a major blow for Trump’s supporters — including those within Trump’s own administration. Deputy FBI director Don Bongino, who last year amplified conspiracy theories that Epstein was murdered, almost walked over the memo, according to reports
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Donald Trump reportedly helped celebrate Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday with a bawdy greeting accompanied by a hand-drawn image of a naked woman.
A report from The Wall Street Journal on Thursday uncovers new details about the relationship between the president and disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, whose death and connections to Trump are at the center of an explosive feud between his allies and right-wing figures demanding more information about the case.
A letter bearing Trump’s name, which was reviewed by The Journal, contains several lines of typewritten text framed by a drawing of a naked woman. His signature is a squiggly “Donald” below her waist, mimicking pubic hair, according to the report.
The letter concludes: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
In an interview with The Journal, Trump denied writing the letter or drawing the picture: “This is not me. This is a fake thing. It’s a fake Wall Street Journal story.”
