A copy of a birthday message allegedly signed by President Donald Trump for Jeffrey Epstein was delivered to Congress and published by democrats on social networks on Monday, weeks after Trump denied his existence and filed a lawsuit for defamation against the Wall Street Journal and his parent company, News Corp, for a previous report on the existence of the letter.
Key data
The Democrats of the Supervision Committee of the House of Representatives published a photo in X on Monday, stating: “Here is: We received Trump’s birthday note to Jeffrey Epsin that the president said it does not exist.”
The Wall Street Journal He also published a copy of the alleged letter of the president, noting that Epstein’s heritage lawyers delivered the letter to Congress.
He Journal He reported for the first time on the letter in July, which caused a denial and demand by Trump.
Forbes has communicated with the camera supervision committee to obtain more comments.
Main critic
Taylor Budowich, Trump’s Cabinet SubmEfe at the White House, continued to deny the authenticity of the note on Monday afternoon. “It is not his signature,” Budowich wrote in an X post, which included photos of the president of an autograph dated 2024 and published on EBAY.
Key history
The existence of the note was first reported by The Wall Street Journal In July, shortly after the Trump administration ended an attempt to publish documents related to the investigations of the financial, who faced federal charges for sex trafficking before being found dead in his cell in 2019. In a publication in Truth Social after the publication of the report, Trump described the “false” letter and insisted: “These are not my words, it is not my way of speaking. Trump filed a lawsuit against the Journal, Your editor, Dow Jones, and your parent company, News Corp, requesting compensation of 10 billion dollars.
Why does the Chamber Committee have this note?
The Supervision Committee of the House of Representatives is currently reviewing thousands of documents related to the various investigations on Epstein, an initiative that began in August. The Democrats of the Committee have widely criticized the documents delivered by the Department of Justice so far, pointing out that most had already been made public and did not contain new information. The lawyers representing Epstein’s heritage delivered the “birthday book” to the committee, according to the Journal, as part of the materials delivered after a citation of the Congress. The Committee said that Epstein’s assets would make public after the writings necessary to protect the victims, and it was not clearly clear when the book would be available for review.
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