Overview
- The Secret Handshake erected the 10-foot installation overnight before Jeffrey Epstein’s January 20 birthday, with a permit allowing it to remain through Friday, January 23.
- One side reproduces the disputed note first reported by The Wall Street Journal, including a nude outline and the line “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret,” while the reverse reads “Happy Birthday To A ‘Terrific Guy!’”
- Visitors are invited to sign the oversized card, with organizers providing markers and cautioning that violent, hateful or promotional messages will be removed.
- Trump denies authoring the note and has a $10 billion defamation lawsuit pending against The Wall Street Journal and its owners over the reporting.
- The display follows congressional mandates to release Epstein-related files; DOJ says only 12,285 documents have been made public so far, and lawmakers including Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie continue to push for broader disclosure.