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The GOP-led House Oversight Committee says it has obtained documents and communications from the Jeffrey Epstein property connected Monday -- including the Epstein "birthday book," which is said to incorporate the missive that President Donald Trump allegedly signed for Epstein's 50th day successful 2003.
Ranking Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia posted a photograph connected X that Democrats accidental is the leafage attributed to Trump.
House Oversight Committee's Ranking Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia posted a photograph connected X that Democrats accidental is the leafage attributed to Trump successful Jeffrey Epstein's "birthday book." The White House is denying that the representation shared by Democrats is the president's signature.
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Trump has denied penning the missive -- calling it "fake." The president had besides denied the beingness of the letter, filing a $10 cardinal defamation suit against the Wall Street Journal for its report that the day publication contained a "bawdy" missive from Trump.
Dow Jones, the genitor institution of the newspaper, successful effect to the suit said successful a connection that it has "full assurance successful the rigor and accuracy" of its reporting and "will vigorously support against immoderate lawsuit."
The White House is denying that the representation shared by Democrats is the president's signature. In a post connected X, White House lawman main of unit Taylor Budowich said "Time for @newscorp to unfastened that checkbook, it's not his signature. DEFAMATION!"
White House property caput Karoline Leavitt, successful an authoritative response, besides denied the information that the signature depicted successful the day publication representation is Trump's. She said that Trump's ineligible squad volition "continue to aggressively prosecute litigation" against the Wall Street Journal.
House Oversight Committee's Ranking Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia posted a photograph connected X that Democrats accidental is the leafage attributed to Trump successful Jeffrey Epstein's "birthday book." The White House is denying that the representation shared by Democrats is the president's signature.
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Vice President JD Vance posted a effect to Leavitt's statement, saying the merchandise of the documents was "another fake scandal” and calling it a "smear."
"The Democrats don't attraction astir Epstein. They don’t adjacent attraction astir his victims. That's wherefore they were soundless astir it for years. The lone happening they attraction astir is concocting different fake ungraded similar Russiagate to smear President Trump with lies,” Vance wrote. "No 1 is falling for this BS."
The committee issued a subpoena successful precocious August for accusation from the estate, which included a transcript of the alleged day publication compiled for the disgraced financier's 50th birthday. The committee had requested a transportation of the documents -- which includes banking and fiscal records, flights logs and calendars -- connected oregon earlier Sept. 8, 2025.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Representative James Comer of Kentucky astatine the US Capitol, successful Washington, September 2, 2025.
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Epstein's erstwhile subordinate Ghislaine Maxwell told a apical authoritative for the Justice Department that Epstein asked her to coordinate contributions to his 50th day book, but said she could not callback if Trump, past a backstage citizen, was among those who responded, according to a transcript of Maxwell's interrogation past period with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
Maxwell was convicted successful 2021 by a national assemblage connected enactment trafficking and different charges. She is presently serving a 20-year situation condemnation for aiding and participating successful Epstein's trafficking of underage girls, which progressive a strategy to enlistee young women and girls for massages of Epstein that turned sexual. Federal prosecutors successful New York said Maxwell helped Epstein recruit, groom and yet maltreatment girls arsenic young arsenic 14. In the interrogation with the Justice Department official, Maxwell continued to profess her innocence.
Epstein was arrested successful July 2019 and charged successful a national indictment with conspiracy and kid enactment trafficking. He died successful custody a period later, portion awaiting trial. His decease was ruled a termination by hanging.
In effect to the developments surrounding the day publication and the alleged missive from Trump, Brad Edwards, an lawyer for scores of Epstein survivors, said that Trump's "hypocrisy has been astir frustrating for the victims."
"He told the nationalist the Epstein communicative should ‘go away,’ yet filed a $10 cardinal suit that lone magnifies the precise contented helium wants silenced," Edwards told ABC News. "With today’s release, the slightest helium could bash is retreat that suit and publically apologize to the journalists helium attacked for reporting what seems to person present proved to beryllium true.”
After the Wall Street Journal communicative and the White House denials, Edwards had publically called connected lawmakers successful July to contented a subpoena to the property for the day book, telling ABC News that "the evident and casual mode to get the book” would beryllium to get it from lawyers for Epstein’s estate.
“It's Jeffrey Epstein's 50th day book, and similar each different akin possessions, the property is evidently successful possession of it," Edwards told ABC News successful July. "Ask oregon subpoena the property oregon their lawyers, and everyone volition past person the publication and tin determination on, which is champion for the victims."
Last week, the House Oversight Committee released tens of thousands of pages of documents related to Epstein, overmuch of which was already publically known.
