The Democrats showed an obscene Epstein postcard with Trump's signature. What the media is writing
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Congressmen from the Democratic Party published an image of a greeting card addressed to financier Jeffrey Epstein, accused of sexual crimes. It contains an obscene drawing and a signature similar to the stroke of US President Donald Trump. The White House has denied that she belongs to the head of state. What the media are writing about the new round of the Epstein scandal is in the Izvestia digest.
CNN: The House of Representatives has released Epstein's birthday album
On the evening of September 8, the Oversight Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives published a number of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein's estate. They include a note with President Donald Trump's name, which was part of a collection of letters given to the late convicted sex offender on his 50th birthday. In addition to the congratulatory album, the list includes Epstein's last will and testament, entries from his address book, and a non-prosecution agreement between Epstein and the U.S. Attorney's Office.
CNN
On the eve of the publication of all the documents, Democrats from the committee published on the X website an image of a page from the so-called greeting card book with Trump's name. The president has repeatedly denied that he wrote this letter, and sued The Wall Street Journal, which was the first to publish information about him, for defamation.
The signature on the document is very similar to the images of Trump's signature on other documents when he signs only with his name. White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt said that Trump did not draw that picture on the postcard and did not sign it. Separately, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Taylor Budovich also denied that Trump had signed Epstein's book and posted several images with the president's real signature.
BBC News: the book of congratulations includes an entry from Bill Clinton
Lawyers dealing with Epstein's estate sent documents to the House Oversight Committee after receiving a subpoena last month. The publication took place amid growing pressure on the president, including from his own supporters and within the Republican Party, demanding greater transparency about what was discovered during the investigation into Epstein.
BBC News
The 238-page book was prepared for Epstein's 50th birthday by Ghislaine Maxwell, his British accomplice and ex-girlfriend, who was convicted in 2021 of conspiring to traffic women for sexual services. The book was created in 2003, three years before Epstein's sexual assault allegations became public.
In addition to the note allegedly sent by Trump, who was his friend at the time, there is another one that apparently belonged to former President Bill Clinton and which mentions Epstein's "childish curiosity." Clinton's representative admitted that he was familiar with Epstein at the time, but did not know anything about his crimes. The letter also contains a birthday greeting from Lord Peter Mandelson, the British Ambassador to the United States, in which he calls Epstein "my best friend."
The Washington Post: Another mention of Trump was found in Epstein's album
The book contains a series of images and messages describing Epstein's life and achievements over 238 pages. Among other things, it features a graphic description of his conception, photos of Epstein with a partially naked woman, and a partially edited image of Epstein holding a huge check signed DJTRUMP.
The Washington Post
Under this image is a handwritten message: "Jeffrey demonstrates early talents in dealing with money and women! Sold to Donald Trump completely discounted [redacted] for $22,500." The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the check.
Photographs, sketches, and images put together in digital format are replete with references to sexually explicit behavior. One drawing, on an inset with the inscription "1983", shows a man giving balloons to three girls in skirts and pigtails. The accompanying image with the inscription "2003" shows him receiving a massage from topless blondes against a backdrop of a tropical landscape.
The New York Times: Trump's signature on the postcard looks like a real one
After the publication of an obscene Epstein birthday greeting, which apparently contained Donald Trump's signature, the White House called this document a fake and showed examples of a real signature. However, one significant difference between the signatures is that it only shows Trump's name, which he usually reserves for personal notes.
The New York Times
In several letters that Trump wrote to the New York authorities from 1987 to 2001, it is clear that he signed only with his name, and these signatures are very similar to Trump's signature on Epstein's note. One obvious similarity is that all the murals have a long "tail" after the last letter "d" in his name. He usually did not add such a "tail", signing both with his first and last name.
Copies of these letters from the official archive of New York Mayors Rudolph Giuliani and Edward Koch were obtained during research for articles in The New York Times and a book by its reporters Russ Buttner and Susan Craig. All of these letters contain Trump's wavy signature, which was once described as resembling a seismograph.
Axios: Trump supporters do not believe in the authenticity of the postcard
Influential figures in the MAGA movement in support of Trump largely ignored the publication by the Democrats of the House of Representatives of a birthday letter that the president allegedly wrote to Epstein in 2003. They claim that the signature is a fake. This reaction underscores how deeply many of Trump's allies have already moved away from the Epstein scandal.
Axios
Over the summer, many of Trump's most loyal supporters were baffled by the president's insistence on putting things in the past, claiming that the government was manipulating them while they demanded transparency. However, after The Wall Street Journal first reported on his alleged entry in Epstein's birthday book in July, the movement quickly rallied around Trump and did not look back.
This discovery contradicts conspiracy theories that MAGA has been fueling for years, including by senior administration officials. At the time, some leaders of the movement demanded the dismissal of Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Trump's desire to step aside from the Epstein case did not help calm the anger.
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