Overview

• The Journal revealed handwritten birthday entries in Epstein’s leather-bound 2003 album from Bill Clinton praising his “childlike curiosity” and from Vera Wang joking about a shopping trip and making him “The Bachelor.”
• Ghislaine Maxwell organized the album as a gift for Epstein’s 50th birthday, collecting messages from dozens of his friends and associates.
• A spokesperson for Clinton said he cut ties with Epstein more than a decade before the financier’s 2019 arrest and had no knowledge of criminal conduct at the time.
• President Trump has denied penning a note and filed a defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over its report of his alleged contribution to the album.
• Lawmakers and advocacy groups are intensifying efforts in court and Congress to unseal additional civil and grand jury records related to Epstein and Maxwell.