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President Donald Trump has lashed retired astatine a study by the Wall Street Journal claiming helium sent a 'bawdy' missive to Jeffrey Epstein arsenic portion of the disgraced financier's 50th day celebrations.
The study alleges that the president took portion successful an medium created by Epstein subordinate Ghislaine Maxwell successful 2003.
Maxwell is still successful prison, aft Epstein died by termination portion successful his New York jailhouse compartment backmost successful 2019.
The alleged missive is the latest nightmare for the Trump medication surrounding the Epstein case, with erstwhile supporters similar Joe Rogan and Elon Musk seemingly turning connected the president and calling for the afloat files to beryllium released.
The Wall Street Journal has published a study claiming Donald Trump sent a missive to Jeffrey Epstein (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
According to the WSJ, the missive appears to person Trump’s signature, with an outline of a bare pistillate framing substance which reads: “Happy Birthday - and whitethorn each time beryllium different fantastic secret.”
The representation of the bare pistillate is alleged to person been 'hand-drawn' with a marker pen, with a wiggly signature speechmaking ‘Donald’ said to beryllium implicit the pubic area.
The WSJ reports that a compilation of letters was assembled successful a leather-bound album, featuring galore poems and photos from palmy concern people.
Trump has deed backmost and denied the authenticity of the study and the letter, saying: “This is not me. This is simply a fake thing. It's a fake Wall Street Journal story.”
He insisted: “I ne'er wrote a representation successful my life. I don't gully pictures of women. It's not my language. It's not my words.”
The president went connected to assertion that helium was 'gonna writer The Wall Street Journal conscionable similar I sued everyone else'.
Trump posted angrily connected Truth Social, writing: “The Wall Street Journal printed a FAKE letter, supposedly to Epstein.
“These are not my words, not the mode I talk. Also, I don't gully pictures.”
He added: “I told Rupert Murdoch it was a Scam, that helium shouldn't people this Fake Story. But helium did, and present I'm going to writer his a** off, and that of his 3rd complaint newspaper.”
Ghislaine Maxwell is alleged to person compiled a record of letters for Epstein for his 50th day (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
Trump continued by urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to merchandise much accusation astir Epstein to the public.
He wrote: “Based connected the ridiculous magnitude of publicity fixed to Jeffrey Epstein, I person asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to nutrient immoderate and each pertinent Grand Jury testimony, taxable to Court approval.
“This SCAM, perpetuated by the Democrats, should end, close now!”
It comes aft Trump attacked radical for criticising Bondi’s handling of the case.
On 12 July, the 79-year-old said: “What’s going connected with my ‘boys’ and, successful immoderate cases, ‘gals?’”
“They’re each going aft Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is doing a FANTASTIC JOB!" Trump added, earlier saying helium doesn't 'like what's happening'.
“We person a PERFECT Administration, THE TALK OF THE WORLD, and ‘selfish people’ are trying to wounded it, each implicit a feline who ne'er dies, Jeffrey Epstein,” said Trump.
He seems to person changed his caput from erstwhile helium had antecedently said of Bondi: “Whatever she thinks is credible, she should release.”
Earlier this year, Bondi claimed she had the rumoured ‘Epstein list’ connected her desk, waiting to beryllium reviewed, but aboriginal backtracked and insisted she meant a generic file.
Trump’s critics and supporters volition person to hold and spot if immoderate further accusation is released.
