President Donald Trump offered his first on-camera reaction to a drawing and signature in Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th “birthday book” which he allegedly signed in 2003 — denying completely that what is in the book is his signature or his “language,” while speaking to reporters outside of Joe’s Seafood in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night.
“It’s not my signature. And it’s not the way I speak. And anybody that’s covered me for a long time, knows — that’s not my language,” Trump said, when asked about the matter by ABC’s Hannah Demissie.
“It’s nonsense,” he added.
On Monday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released an image of the birthday message allegedly sent by Trump, after the panel received documents and communications from Epstein’s estate.
Trump has denied writing the letter, calling it “fake” after the Wall Street Journal first reported on the birthday book and the alleged contribution from Trump in mid-July. Trump also filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the newspaper. Dow Jones, the parent company of the Journal, said it has full confidence in the accuracy of the reporting.
