{"id":2484166,"date":"2025-09-09T13:30:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T17:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-insists-epstein-birthday-letter-is-dead-issue\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T13:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T17:30:35","slug":"trump-insists-epstein-birthday-letter-is-dead-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-insists-epstein-birthday-letter-is-dead-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump insists Epstein birthday letter is &#8216;dead issue&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-insists-epstein-birthday-letter-is-dead-issue%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2484166&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This article discusses President Donald Trump&#8217;s response to the release of a birthday letter he allegedly wrote to the late Jeffrey Epstein, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >convicted sex trafficker<\/a>. The letter, released by the House Oversight Committee, features an outline of a naked woman and bears a signature resembling Trump&#8217;s older signatures but not his current presidential one.Trump called the issue &#8220;dead&#8221; and refused further comment, denying he wrote the letter. The White House pointed out discrepancies in the signature and hinted at legal action, as Trump is already suing the Wall Street Journal over its reporting on the letter. Supporters claim the letter is a forgery and back Trump&#8217;s denials.The article notes that the department of Justice has declared Epstein&#8217;s purported client list a hoax and accuses Democrats of using the Epstein controversy as a political attack against Trump&#8217;s presidency. Meanwhile, bipartisan efforts in the House of Representatives continue pressing the DOJ to release more Epstein-related documents. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump insists Epstein birthday letter is &lsquo;dead issue&rsquo; as president&rsquo;s signature scrutinized<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2225038\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> said his supposed birthday letter to former friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> was a &ldquo;dead issue&rdquo; twice on Tuesday, one day after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-oversight-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House Oversight Committee<\/a> released a trove of documents related to the late sex trafficker.<\/p>\n<p>Trump declined to comment on the matter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3798852\/watch-live-white-house-holds-press-briefing-as-chicago-ice-raids-start\/\">WATCH LIVE: White House holds press briefing as Chicago ICE raids start<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3798624\/joe-concha-rejects-ezra-klein-suggestion-trump-administration-mafia\/\">Joe Concha rejects Ezra Klein suggestion Trump administration is &lsquo;like the Mafia&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3798681\/israel-gave-trump-white-house-notice-doha-strike-hamas\/\">Israel gave Trump White House notice of Doha strike targeting Hamas leadership<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t comment on something that&rsquo;s a dead issue,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-calls-epstein-birthday-letter-dead-issue-rcna230042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told NBC News<\/a>. &ldquo;I gave all comments to the staff. It&rsquo;s a dead issue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the Republican-led House committee <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/oversight-committee-releases-records-provided-by-the-epstein-estate-chairman-comer-provides-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released records<\/a> obtained through Chairman James Comer&rsquo;s (R-KY) subpoena to Epstein&rsquo;s estate. Comer&rsquo;s announcement came hours after Democrats on the panel posted an image of the letter that Trump allegedly wrote for Epstein&rsquo;s 50th birthday in 2003.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;&#128680;HERE IT IS: We got Trump&rsquo;s birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein that the President said doesn&rsquo;t exist.<\/p>\n<p>Trump talks about a &ldquo;wonderful secret&rdquo; the two of them shared. What is he hiding? Release the files! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k2Mq8Hu3LY\">pic.twitter.com\/k2Mq8Hu3LY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oversight Dems (@OversightDems) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OversightDems\/status\/1965125560016994708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The birthday letter features the outline of a naked woman, with Trump&rsquo;s signature at the bottom.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mikiebarb\/status\/1965220703327977498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Media outlets<\/a> have particularly scrutinized his signature, arguing it&rsquo;s similar to his signature on decades-old letters, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/damintoell\/status\/1965165963881685435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">including one<\/a> sent to Hillary Clinton in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>However, the White House said it doesn&rsquo;t match the president&rsquo;s current signature as seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/presidential-documents\/executive-orders\/donald-trump\/2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-image-claims-joe-biden-ordered-the-department-of-veterans-affairs-to-withhold-unvaccinated-veterans-health-benefits\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Viral Image Claims Joe Biden Ordered The Department Of Veterans Affairs To Withhold Unvaccinated Veterans\u2019 Health Benefits\">executive orders published<\/a><\/a> in the Federal Register. White House Deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TayFromCA\/status\/1965133529177878754\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pointed out<\/a> the discrepancy between Trump&rsquo;s presidential and past signatures, floating a possible defamation lawsuit. Trump is already suing the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> over its reporting on the same birthday letter.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s supporters also rushed to his defense. Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1965128289808515385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> Trump&rsquo;s signature on the birthday letter &ldquo;fake,&rdquo; and right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1965138012964356243\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Trump should &ldquo;sue[the[the<em>Journal<\/em>]into the oblivion&rdquo; again.<\/p>\n<p>Trump denied he ever wrote the letter in question.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Justice<\/a> concluded in July that Epstein&rsquo;s so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tries-to-stop-jeffrey-epstein-questions-in-cabinet-meeting\/\" title=\"... tries to stop ... questions in Cabinet meeting\">-called client list<\/a> never existed, Trump has repeatedly insisted the Democratic Party is peddling the &ldquo;Epstein hoax&rdquo; to undermine his second term. He accused Democrats of once befriending Epstein and traveling to his infamous island, saying they are only interested in uncovering the truth now that he&rsquo;s president again.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is merely another Democrat HOAX, just like Russia, Russia, Russia, and all of the others, in order to deflect and distract from the great success of a Republican President, and the record setting failure of the previous Administration, and the Democrat Party,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115152031890524220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recently wrote<\/a> on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Department of Justice has done its job, they have given everything requested of them,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s time to end the Democrat Epstein Hoax, and give the Republicans credit for the great, even legendary, job that they are doing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3797625\/jeffrey-epstein-50th-birthday-book-trump-note-house-oversight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JEFFREY EPSTEIN 50TH BIRTHDAY BOOK WITH TRUMP NOTE TURNED OVER TO HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite its self-created debacle surrounding the Epstein files, the DOJ has been complying with the House Oversight Committee&rsquo;s requests regarding the release of Epstein-related records. Just last week, the committee <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/oversight-committee-releases-epstein-records-provided-by-the-department-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published<\/a> over 30,000 pages of DOJ files on Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some House members are working on a measure compelling the DOJ to release more files on Epstein. Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) are leading a discharge petition to try to force a vote for a full release of the Epstein files. The discharge petition must reach 218 signatures to force a vote on the bill. The petition stands at 216 signatures, with four Republicans signed on.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump calls Epstein birthday letter a &#8216;dead issue&#8217; amid signature scrutiny<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2484167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25251717706154_7ee220.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[62894,9006,3634],"class_list":["post-2484166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-birthday-letter","tag-epstein","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25251717706154_7ee220.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2484166"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2484170,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484166\/revisions\/2484170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2484167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2484166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2484166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2484166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}