Overview

• Oversight Committee Democrats posted an image from Epstein’s 2003 birthday album showing a sexually suggestive typed message bordered by a hand-drawn female silhouette with a handwritten signature positioned in the figure’s pubic area.
• The page matches a description first reported in July by The Wall Street Journal, which Trump is suing for defamation, and Democrats say the image bears his signature, a claim the president rejects.
• Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump neither wrote nor signed the note and shared plans to continue aggressive litigation, while deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich argued the signature does not match past examples.
• Committee members say the album was provided by administrators of Epstein’s estate under subpoena, and Democrats are demanding broader publication of files as the panel reviews additional documents.
• DOJ and FBI reviews earlier this summer found no evidence of an Epstein “client list” and concluded he died by suicide in 2019, findings that have not quelled calls from survivors and lawmakers for fuller transparency.