Trump calls release of suggestive note to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein a dead issue'

"The letter, and its drawing of a naked woman's torso around an imagined conversation between Trump and Epstein, was part of a batch of documents released by the House oversight committee in response to a subpoena after its existence was first reported in July by the Wall Street Journal. The release of the letter and the entirety of the birthday book only intensified a furore that Trump has been attempting to shut down for months"

"Three separate signature analysts who said this was not the president's authentic signature and we have maintained that all along. The president did not write this letter, he did not sign this letter, and that's why the president's external legal team is pursuing litigation against the Wall Street Journal, Leavitt said. Birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein allegedly written by Donald Trump."

White House officials doubled down on their assertion that a sexually suggestive letter carrying what appeared to be Donald Trump's signature included in a birthday book for Jeffrey Epstein had not been signed by the president. The letter contained a drawing of a naked woman's torso around an imagined conversation between Trump and Epstein. The document was released by the House oversight committee in response to a subpoena after its existence was first reported in July by the Wall Street Journal. The release intensified a furore and hardened the White House's resolve to claim the purported Trump signature was a fabrication or forgery. Karoline Leavitt denied Trump's involvement and said the White House would support an expert review of the signature. Leavitt said the president did not write or sign the letter and that the president's external legal team is pursuing litigation against the Wall Street Journal. Multiple White House officials sought to distance Trump by suggesting the signature did not resemble his more recent sharp, angular signatures, while officials declined to address that before his time in office Trump regularly used only his first name in signatures, stylized with a line extending from the last letter.

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