Overview

• The Oversight Committee’s Democratic members posted an image from Epstein’s 2003 birthday album showing a typewritten note encircled by a sketch of a nude woman and ending with, “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret,” above what appears to be Trump’s signature.
• Trump and the White House deny he wrote or drew the note, with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Deputy Chief Taylor Budowich disputing the signature, and Trump reiterating his denial to reporters on Sept. 9 as his $10 billion defamation suit against the Wall Street Journal proceeds.
• The birthday book was turned over by Epstein’s estate after a House subpoena, arriving alongside files such as his will and past agreements, following the Justice Department’s earlier production of roughly 33,000 pages now under committee review for public release with redactions.
• No official forensic handwriting analysis has been released, although new comparisons to Trump signatures from the late 1990s and early 2000s have circulated, and the White House said it would support a professional review.
• Survivors and lawmakers are pressing for full, unredacted disclosures of Epstein‑related records, with a bipartisan discharge effort led by Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna nearing the signatures needed to force a House vote on releasing Justice Department files.