Trump denies birthday writing news to Epstein described in the Wall Street Journal report
The controversy over U.S. President Donald Trump’s handling of records in a Jeffrey Epstein investigation entered a new front on Thursday as his administration worked hard to deliver on its promises to deliver on details about one-time trafficking cases involving a current president.
Trump promised to file a lawsuit after he described a sexually suggestive letter in the Wall Street Journal, which spoke of Trump’s name and was included in the 2003 album for Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003. Trump denied writing the letter, calling it “false, malicious and defamatory.”
CBC News has not independently verified the Wall Street Journal report.
In recent days, Trump has condemned the “weak” supporters who fought for more records in the Epstein investigation, after years of political support, they have suffered from political support from those who have raised cover-ups in the case to protect Epstein’s wealthy friend who died in 2019 on federal trafficking charges for underage women in 2019 after suicide.
Trump also blocked his attorney general because she shunned claims of “customer list” for participating in Epstein’s crimes, but she had no even evidence that Democrats tampered with files.
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Thursday’s disclosure – coupled with the frustration of the lawmakers who Trump belongs on Capitol Hill – prompted the Republican president to abruptly reverse the path and direct U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to try to make some documents in the public case.
Bundy said she will get court permission to release grand jury information on Friday, but that requires the approval of a judge, and she and Trump remain silent on other evidence collected by federal law enforcement in a massive investigation, which Bundy announced last week that she would not release.
The letter revealed by the Wall Street Journal was reportedly collected by British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, part of Epstein’s birthday album, the wealthy financier was first arrested in 2006 and then fell into a situation with Trump.
Maxwell was arrested in 2020 and was convicted a year later for helping Epstein lure girls into sexual abuse.
According to the newspaper, the letters with Trump’s name include the compositional text, which is composed of an outline of a hand-painted naked woman and ends with “Happy Birthday – May Every Day Be Another Wonderful Secret.” The socket describes the contents of the letters, but does not fully display the photos.
“I don’t draw pictures”: Trump
Trump slammed the story in a lengthy social media post Thursday night, saying he spoke with newspaper owner Rupert Murdoch and its top editor Emma Tucker and told them the letter was “fake.” Trump promised to file a lawsuit over the story, saying: “These are not my words, not my way of speaking. And, I don’t draw pictures.”
US Vice President JD Vance said the newspaper was “shamed” for publication.
“Where is this letter? Will you be shocked to learn that they have never shown us before they were published? Does anyone honestly believe it sounds like Donald Trump?” he wrote on social media platform X.
The Trump administration has been working for nearly two weeks to curb the consequences of the Justice Department announcement that despite Bondi’s promise of transparency, evidence of Epstein, the administration’s owned by the government is no longer released to the public.
The Justice Department’s reversal of Epstein’s archives not only angered Trump supporters, but also had a will exchange at the White House last week between Bundy and FBI deputy director Dan Bongino, neither of the officials spoke publicly.
The department has not provided full accounting for its reversal for months after Bondi split the White House of “Epstein Archives: Phase 1” and “Most Transparent Management” to conservative influencers in the White House, which Bondi distributes the binders to conservative influencers. Bondy declined to answer questions from reporters about Epstein’s archives and their relationship with Bongino earlier this week.
