Democrats release Trump’s alleged birthday note to Epstein featuring nude doodle

SCMP | Sept. 8, 2025, 4:03 p.m. | Original
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A banner of Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump hangs in Grand Park, Los Angeles, California in August. Photo: Reuters

A note allegedly from Donald Trump wishing late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein happy birthday - and alluding to their “wonderful secret” - was released on Monday by Democratic lawmakers, after the US president denied it existed.

Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee, which is investigating the handling of a criminal investigation into the disgraced financier, published the letter and drawing of a nude woman on social media after it was delivered by Epstein’s estate.
The US president has said he did not write the letter or create the drawing of a curvaceous woman that surrounds the letter. He filed a US$10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal newspaper for a report on the alleged letter.

The letter was included as part of a 2003 album compiled for alleged sex trafficker Epstein’s birthday. The president has denied having anything to do with it.

The White House did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

After the letter was released, White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich posted pictures on X of Trump’s signature and tagged The Wall Street Journal’s parent corporation, News Corp, writing: “Time for @newscorp to open that checkbook, it’s not his signature. DEFAMATION!”

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