The House Oversight Committee launched records Monday night from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, together with a set of letters gifted to the late convicted intercourse offender for his fiftieth birthday that included a observe bearing President Donald Trump’s title.
In addition to the “birthday book,” the records included Epstein’s final will and testomony, entries from his handle guide, and the 2007 non-prosecution settlement between Epstein and the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.
Ahead of the general public launch of all of the records, Democrats on the committee posted on X a picture of the web page from the so-called birthday guide with Trump’s title. The president has repeatedly denied writing the letter and sued The Wall Street Journal, which first reported on it, for defamation.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt mentioned in a post on X following the discharge that “it’s very clear President Trump did not draw this picture, and he did not sign it. President Trump’s legal team will continue to aggressively pursue litigation.”
In a separate post, White House deputy chief of employees for communications Taylor Budowich additionally denied that Trump had signed Epstein’s guide and shared a number of photos with the president’s signature.
The signature on the doc carefully resembles images circulating online of Trump’s signature on different paperwork, particularly when Trump indicators solely his first title.
The panel has been investigating the Epstein case and had subpoenaed the estate for paperwork as a part of its on-going probe. The investigation comes amid a push – together with from throughout the president’s personal occasion – for extra transparency across the case and the discharge of extra info.
Democrats on the committee additionally highlighted what they mentioned was one other web page from the “birthday book” — a letter with a photograph that they described as “Epstein and a longtime Mar-a-Lago member joking about selling a ‘fully depreciated’ woman to Donald Trump for $22,500.”
The partially redacted picture exhibits Epstein standing subsequent to a number of different individuals holding an outsized test written to seem that it had been made out from Trump to Epstein for $22,500. The committee didn’t determine the opposite individuals within the picture. Below the picture, a hand-written caption states, “Jeffrey showing early talents with money and women! Sells ‘fully depreciated’ [readacted] to Donald Trump for $22,500.”
NCS has reached out to the White House to request remark.
Attorney Daniel H. Weiner, a consultant for the estate, confirmed to NCS that an preliminary doc manufacturing had been transmitted to the panel and mentioned “the Co-Executors will continue to produce on a rolling basis documents responsive to the Committee’s subpoena.”
Lawyers representing the estate famous in a letter obtained by NCS accompanying the doc manufacturing that there are particular redactions within the guide, which was reportedly compiled by Epstein affiliate Ghislaine Maxwell, that includes three volumes.
“Please note that, in an abundance of caution, we have redacted names and faces of women and minors who appear in the book (other than Ms. Maxwell, public figures, and family or class photos) to ensure that no potential victims are publicly identifiable,” Weiner and lawyer Daniel Ruzumna wrote.
“We have also redacted photographs revealing any nudity from the book,” they added.
In response to the committee’s request for “a potential list of clients involved in sex, sex acts, or sex trafficking facilitated by Mr. Jeffrey Epstein,” within the subpoena, legal professionals for Epstein’s estate mentioned they “are not aware of the existence” of such an inventory.
As NCS previously reported, a bipartisan group of staffers on the committee is predicted to journey to New York City later this week to satisfy with legal professionals representing the estate and consider unredacted paperwork associated to the investigation.
The committee beforehand launched tens of hundreds of pages of paperwork of Epstein recordsdata turned over to the panel by the Justice Department. Democrats on the panel criticized that doc manufacturing, nevertheless, saying that it contained little new info.
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