NYT reports Trump was contributor to Epstein birthday book days after WSJ story on letter – Washington Examiner
The New York Times reported that former President Donald Trump was listed as a contributor to a leather-bound birthday book for jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003. This book contained messages from several of Epstein’s acquaintances, including prominent figures like Leslie H. Wexner and Alan C. Greenberg. The Wall Street Journal recently alleged that a letter from Trump to Epstein was part of this collection, a claim Trump has strongly denied. In response to the reports, Trump referred to the allegations as part of a “Jeffrey Epstein SCAM” and accused political opponents of using the story to distract from his administration’s achievements. He also called for the release of grand jury transcripts related to the Epstein case, hoping to clear his name. Trump and Epstein were known to have been friendly until around 2004 when their relationship ended following a dispute, with Epstein later being banned from Mar-a-Lago. The Justice Department, under Attorney general Pam Bondi, has faced bipartisan criticism over it’s handling of the Epstein examination. Additionally, Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former associate, is currently being interviewed by the DOJ for further insights into Epstein’s activities.
NYT reports Trump was contributor to Epstein birthday book days after WSJ story on letter
President Donald Trump was listed as a contributor to the birthday book sent to Jeffrey Epstein, the New York Times alleged on Thursday.
The book was part of a collection of notes compiled for Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003. A letter from Trump to the now-deceased New York financier was allegedly included in the collection, the Wall Street Journal reported last week, although the president has steadfastly rebutted all such claims.
“Mr. Trump’s name is listed among dozens of Mr. Epstein’s acquaintances who were asked to contribute birthday messages for the leather-bound book in 2003,” the outlet wrote. “The list, reviewed by The New York Times, includes well-known Epstein associates like Leslie H. Wexner, then the owner of Victoria’s Secret and other retailers; Alan C. Greenberg, who ran the doomed Wall Street firm Bear Stearns; and the physicist Murray Gell-Mann.”
Trump released a message attacking “the Jeffrey Epstein SCAM” on Truth Social just minutes after the New York Times published the allegations, although his social media post did not specifically refer to the story.
“The Radical Left Democrats are doing everything in their power to distract and obfuscate from our GREAT six months of service to America, results of which many are saying is the BEST six months in Presidential history,” he wrote. “They have gone absolutely CRAZY, and are playing another Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax but, this time, under the guise of what we will call the Jeffrey Epstein SCAM.”
The president referenced his recent calls on the Department of Justice to release the grand jury transcripts related to the Epstein case, saying he hoped the disclosure of the files would “put an end to this HOAX.”
“Everyone should see what is there, but people who are innocent should not be hurt,” Trump said.
Trump and Esptein were friendly for years before their relationship appeared to end in an argument around 2004, leading the president to ban the financier from his Mar-a-Lago estate.
The latest allegations from the New York Times come exactly one week after the Wall Street Journal reported on Epstein’s 50th birthday book, stating that the collection of celebratory notes from friends includes a marker drawing of a nude female body from Trump that the president allegedly wrote to Epstein in 2003.
Trump denounced the story as “false, malicious, and defamatory” and sued the outlet for libel the following day.
The president’s administration, particularly Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Justice Department, has come under bipartisan scrutiny for its handling of the Epstein files.
After accusations that federal agencies are trying to cover up who Epstein, a convicted sex offender who died in jail in 2019, was, Trump called on Bondi to release more information.
The DOJ is in the process of interviewing Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend, to determine if she can shed further light on Epstein’s life.
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