Overview
- A 10-foot mockup of a reported 2003 birthday note linked to President Donald Trump appeared on the National Mall on Jan. 19, placed by activist group The Secret Handshake and permitted to remain through Friday.
- The display features the sketch seen in the alleged note and the message "Happy birthday to a 'Terrific guy!'" while omitting the suggestive lines reported last year, and it invites visitors to add their own messages.
- The group says the timing aligns with Jeffrey Epstein’s Jan. 20 birthday and is intended to spotlight calls for a fuller release of government-held Epstein materials.
- Congress mandated a comprehensive release of federal Epstein files with a Dec. 19 deadline, yet only a fraction has been made public to date.
- Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie have asked to intervene in Ghislaine Maxwell’s SDNY case and requested a special master to oversee disclosures, as Trump denies authoring the note and sues the Wall Street Journal over its reporting.