"The Trump administration has been adamant in denying claims that the president wrote the message for Epstein, citing differences in the signature and language used, as well as the fact that the president doesn’t ever draw pictures."

Daily Beast

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"The birthday book is a sickening document."

The Atlantic

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"Trump’s denial came after the White House said earlier that it would support a forensic analysis of the signature to prove it did not belong to the US president."

Al Jazeera

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"The White House has said it would support a forensic analysis of the signature on a letter purportedly given by Donald Trump to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that Trump’s aides say is not the president’s."

The Guardian

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"the birthday book adds to the public knowledge of Epstein’s social life, it will unlikely precipitate further prosecutions, coded as it is in the various authors’ oblique language and cryptic references."

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"The book is full of quips about how much sex Epstein had and his nonstop desire to have more."

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"Republican lawmakers have no interest in probing a sexually suggestive letter President Donald Trump wrote to Jeffrey Epstein."

Daily Beast

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"The president has repeatedly called the letter fake and sued The Wall Street Journal for defamation after the paper first reported its existence in July."

PBS NewsHour

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"But that the topic keeps coming up is in large part Trump’s own doing."

CNN

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"Leavitt tried to broaden the charge."

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"The White House is scrambling to contain the damage from the latest development in the Jeffrey Epstein saga, and members of Trump’s own family are adding fuel to the fire."

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"The White House on Tuesday forcefully rejected suggestions that President Donald Trump authored a sexually suggestive birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein or signed a $22,500 novelty check to the disgraced financier, insisting both documents were forgeries but stopping short of declaring them outright fabrications."

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"The book includes notes bearing the names of an array of wealthy and powerful people, including a lewd letter and drawing alleged to have been written by President Donald Trump."

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"The political firestorm resurfaced again this week, after Democrats on the Oversight committee released the entire contents of the 50th birthday book, which was organized by Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, and filled with personal letters and memories from their famous friends."

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"The White House quickly denied its authenticity."

Al Jazeera

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"The publication of his old friend’s birthday book promises to make that task even more difficult."

El Pais

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"The signature argument actually proves the opposite of what Trump’s allies intend."

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"The Epstein enigma is ageing like raw milk."

The Guardian

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"The Trump administration has shifted to a new defense, insisting the signature at the bottom of the message is not Trump’s."

Daily Beast

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"Trump called the letter “fake” and filed a $10bn defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the existence of the document."

The Guardian

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"House Democrats needled Donald Trump and Republicans on Monday after they obtained and released a copy of a birthday scrapbook for Jeffrey Epstein, which included a vulgar and sexual letter Trump has denied sending the convicted sex offender."

The Guardian

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"Live by the conspiracy theory, die by the conspiracy theory."

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"Much of the book seems to be a collection of flattering and celebratory letters – often highly sexualised – from people who knew Epstein."

The Guardian

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"The letter, described as “sickening” by one representative, was turned over by lawyers for disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s estate in response to a subpoena from the House oversight committee."

The Guardian

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"Social media was swamped with people sharing Trump signatures that looked uncannily like the one the president has claimed is fake, despite the birthday book coming from the Epstein estate, which would mean someone would have had to infiltrate the fake letter among their stash of documents."

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"The developments Monday night seemed to affirm something we probably already knew: that lots of people are going to rather blindly toe Trump’s line."

CNN

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"The 238-page book contains countless photos of near-naked women as well as salacious recollections from Epstein’s childhood friends."

Daily Beast

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"Donald Trump’s name came up more than once in the infamous birthday book for sex offender Jeffrey Epstein."

Daily Beast

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"The release of the letter failed to sway Vance, however, as he joined Leavitt in attacking Democrats without offering an explanation for the document."

Daily Beast

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"Questions over his friendship with convicted sex offender, Jeffery Epstein, continue to haunt Donald Trump, this time with the release of a birthday letter that Trump had previously denied writing."

The Guardian

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"The letter from the so-called birthday book was turned over to the House oversight committee in response to a subpoena issued by its Republican chairperson James Comer, and a 25 July letter from Democrats Sylvia Garcia and Ro Khanna urging Epstein’s estate to produce the materials."

The Guardian

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"The note imagines a conversation between Trump and Epstein, surrounded by a doodle of the outline of a woman, raising serious questions about its authenticity and implications."

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"The posting of the letter today comes amid a bipartisan push in Congress for the release of further files on Epstein, who killed himself in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial."

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"If anything, the signature appears to affirm the legitimacy of the letter."

CNN

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"Right-wing influencers took their cue from the White House to dismiss the bombshell letter, which was turned over by Epstein’s estate to the House Oversight Committee, as nothing but a fabrication."

Daily Beast

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"The most puzzling aspect of the total-denial approach is that it robbed Trump’s supporters of any fallback defense."

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"The latest piece published by the Wall Street Journal PROVES this entire “Birthday Card” story is false."

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"The letter was included as part of a 2003 album compiled for alleged sex trafficker Epstein’s birthday."

Al Jazeera

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"The letter was included as part of a 50th birthday album compiled in 2003 for Epstein, a wealthy and well-connected financier who was once a friend of Trump’s."

PBS NewsHour

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"The letter released by the committee looks exactly as described by the The Wall Street Journal in its report."

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"Donald Trump wrote a personalized note in Jeffrey Epstein’s birthday book."

Mother Jones

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"The public release of the so-called birthday book comes as a bipartisan pair of lawmakers are moving to collect enough signatures to sidestep House leadership and compel a floor vote on a measure that would force the Justice Department to release all of its files in the Epstein investigation."

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"Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released on Monday a sexually suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein purportedly signed by President Donald Trump, which he has denied."

PBS NewsHour

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"The latest piece published by the Wall Street Journal PROVES this entire ‘Birthday Card’ story is false."

Daily Beast

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"The House Oversight Committee’s chair, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., subpoenaed Epstein’s estate for all material related to Epstein in August."

MSNBC

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"Trump expressed his disapproval of Israel's strike on Qatar and dismissed the Epstein letter as nonsense."

Washington Examiner

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"The House Oversight Committee released files on Monday from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that include birthday letters purportedly from President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton."

Western Journal

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"Trump has been dogged for months by controversy surrounding the late sex offender, after his administration confirmed Epstein's death was a suicide and deemed the release of more case files unnecessary."

Newsmax

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"Eric Trump, however, said his father doesn’t “sketch out cartoon drawings.”"

Washington Examiner

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"Speaker Johnson and congressional Republicans are backing President Trump’s claim that the signature in a book celebrating Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday is a fake, rejecting assertions that the signature is uncannily similar to other documents the president signed around the same time."

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"The committee released the files as part of an ongoing investigation into whether Epstein trafficked underage girls to powerful figures—and whether the federal government mishandled its prosecution of him."

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"The infamous "birthday book," compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell in 2003, for Epstein's 50th includes what appears to be notes from former President Bill Clinton, Alan Dershowitz, as well as photographs that juxtapose girlfriends, animals, children's drawings with financiers and politicians — a tableau that feels all the more unsettling today."

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"The letters, which often express joy that the writer enjoys a close friendship with Epstein, often pale in comparison to some of the other items included in the book, however."

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"Even if the letter is real, it wouldn’t alone be an indictment of Trump, whose friendship with Epstein in the early 2000s is already well known."

The Spectator World

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"Trump declined to comment on a birthday message he is alleged to have sent to Jeffrey Epstein, calling it a 'dead issue.'"

Newsmax

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"Vance dismissed a photo of an alleged birthday letter from President Donald Trump to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, doubting its authenticity."

Washington Examiner

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"The tranche of documents released by the House Oversight Committee also includes details of Epstein's last will and testament, what appears to be an address book of contacts, and details of his 2007-2008 non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Southern Florida."

FOX News

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"The latest piece published by the Wall Street Journal PROVES this entire ‘Birthday Card’ story is false."

The Blaze

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"The House Oversight Committee received the Jeffrey Epstein “birthday book” at the center of President Donald Trump’s Wall Street Journal (WSJ) dispute."

Daily Caller

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"The latest piece published by the Wall Street Journal PROVES this entire ‘Birthday Card’ story is false."

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"The letter that President Trump allegedly wrote to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday is now public, after both Democrats on the House Oversight Committee and the Wall Street Journal disclosed copies of the message on Monday."

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"The Trump administration has denied that the signature is that of the president."

Newsmax

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"The note consists of a short dialogue between "Donald" and "Jeffrey.""

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