US EditionInsiders bring receipts as MAGA claims Trump’s Epstein signature is fake — and GOP feigns ignorance
The House Oversight Committee released a 238-page birthday book including a note with a signature claimed to be Trump's, sparking legal disputes and political debate over its authenticity.
- On Monday, the Wall Street Journal published images from Jeffrey Epstein's 2003 50th-birthday tribute showing a nude sketch and a signature resembling President Donald Trump, while the White House denied its authenticity.
- Weeks ago, The Wall Street Journal first reported on the 2003 'birthday book' compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell for Epstein's fiftieth birthday, and Epstein's estate representatives later handed materials to Congress following a legal demand.
- Handwriting analysts noted similarities in letterforms, but signature experts cautioned similarities rarely prove authorship and can be easily reproduced by studying public documents.
- Following the disclosures, Republican allies urged the public to doubt the reporting as President Donald Trump and Trump's legal team filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal.
- Courts may be asked to decide if the Wall Street Journal's reporting is libelous, and Congress could subpoena the tribute book, shaping debates over press accuracy and presidential conduct.
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Colbert Keeps Audience Cackling as He Embodies Trump, Obama and More to Unpack Epstein Birthday Letter: 'a Picasso of Pervitude'
Stephen Colbert mocked President Trump as he unpacked the president’s alleged birthday letter to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in Tuesday’s “The Late Show” monologue. “The letter he wrote was a Picasso of pervitude,” Colbert said, referring to a letter Trump allegedly sent to Epstein as part of a birthday book for the late financier’s 50th birthday. The letter, which the House Oversight Committee released on Monday, features Tr…
Vance's Outraged Tweet About Trump's Birthday Letter To Epstein Resurfaces—And It's Aged Horribly
While it is undoubtedly his only real role in the presidential administration, Vice President JD Vance's blind agreement with everything MAGA Republican President Donald Trump says or does hàs backfired again.In July, The Wall Street Journal reported that back in 2003, Trump wrote a "raunchy" note to his good friend Epstein on the occasion of the notorious sex offender's 50th birthday. The report included the text of the note and the detail that…
Popular woke radio host agrees Trump-Epstein letter is a hoax... but thinks it was PLANTED by pro-Trump people
Watch Louder with Crowder every weekday at 11:00 AM Eastern, only on Rumble Premium!🚨NEW: Charlamagne thinks Trump-Epstein letter is phony & "PLANTED" to *HELP* president🚨"I don't believe that painting, though, I'ma be honest with you. That drawing.""I think somebody down with Trump planted that.""Because once you debunk that and prove that it's fake,… pic.twitter.com/tB0NJHcdzc— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) September 9, 2025You know your…
"He was accompanied by a beautiful date" - emptywheel
The NYT has now provided backstory to a part of the Epstein birthday book even more obscene than Trump’s own letter: the picture, submitted by Joel Pashcow, of Epstein holding a check doctored after the fact to look like it was signed by Trump. The photo is captioned, Jeffrey showing early talents with money + women! sells “fully depreciated” [redacted] to Donald Trump for $22,500. Showed early “people skills” too. Even though I handled the deal…
‘It’s not mine’: Trump’s Epstein denial
The fallout from yesterday’s public release of an alleged note from Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein in the early 2000s, to mark the sex trafficker’s 50th birthday, continues, with the US President insisting his signature on the message was faked by someone else.
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